Twentieth-Century American Music for the Dance: A Bibliography

by Isabelle Emerson

Overview

Twentieth-Century American Music for the Dance: A Bibliography provides a guide to one of the most important areas of modern music. The close and mutually beneficial relationship that has existed between dance and music from the early days of this century and the collaboration of Fokine or Nijinsky and Stravinsky to the later years and the partnership of Cunningham and Cage has yielded a formidably large repertoire of music—much of it, like its partner-art, in the vanguard of modern creativity. Dance commissions have brought into existence music that would otherwise not have been created; dance performance has in many cases afforded an audience for music that would otherwise have gone unheard. Dance has shown itself, especially in the United States, to be a nurturing theatre for modern music, while music has in turban proved to be extraordinary stimulus to the dance.

This bibliography provides for the first time data about compositions, composers, and choreographers, including information about first performances, publishers, and location of scores. Composers and choreographers, students and historians, professional musicians and dancers, and aficionados of music and art will find this reference work extremely useful. The bibliography is arranged alphabetically by composer; indexes by composition and by choreographer provide ready access to each work. Lists of composer-choreographer and choreographer-composer partnerships are included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313293504
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/23/1996
Series:	Music Reference Collection , #53
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.69(d)
Lexile:	830L (what's this?)

About the Author

ISABELLE EMERSON is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Nevada, Las Vegase She is a musicologist, organist, and pianist, having studied organ with Searle Wright at Columbia University and with Helmut Walcha as a Fulbright Exchange student in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Dr. Emerson's publications include essays on Mozart, operatic heroines, and the pianism of Johannes Brahms.

Table of Contents

Preface
Composers
Choreographers
Abbreviations of Reference Works
Bibliography
Publishers
Works Consulted
Index of Choreographers
Index of Titles

Editorial Reviews

This bibliography is limited to works created specifically for concert dance by American composers. Emphasis is on inclusion of lesser known composers and works; well-known and prolific composers such as John Cage, Henry Cowell, and Louis Horst are represented by selected compositions. Entries are by composer, arranged alphabetically; works are ordered alphabetically within the entry. The primary goal is to make this music accessible, and means of contacting the composer--through private and business addresses, publishers, ASCAP or BMI affiliation--is provided (where available). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews