Broyles, Michael, 1939-

Mavericks and other traditions in American music [electronic resource] / Michael Broyles. - New Haven : Yale University Press, c2004. - [ix], 387 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-376) and index.

We, the rebels -- Pioneers. William Billings : rebel with many causes ; The log cabin composer -- New concepts and forces in American culture. Precursors : Charles Ives and Leo Ornstein ; "Prologue to the annual tragedy" ; The community of the ultramoderns -- After the war. New directions : the serial wars ; Postwar experimentalism : John Cage ; The maverick core ; Minimalism and strange bedfellows -- The legacy of the mavericks. Looking back : Puritanism, geography, and the myth of American individualism ; Looking forward : "The end of the Renaissance!"


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Composers--United States.
Music--History and criticism.--United States


Electronic books.

ML390 / .B862 2004eb

780/.973