The tango in American piano music : selected tangos by Thomson, Copland, Barber, Jaggard, Biscardi, and Bolcom

Author(s)

• Macchioni, Oscar Ernesto

Bibliographic Information

The tango in American piano music : selected tangos by Thomson, Copland, Barber, Jaggard, Biscardi, and Bolcom

Oscar Ernesto Macchioni

College Music Society, [2010]

Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-75) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this volume, Dr. Oscar Macchioni In this inaugural volume, Dr. Oscar Macchioni elucidates with native fluency and expert pianistic insight the influence of Argentine Tango in the piano works of six American composers: Virgil Thomson, Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, David Jaggard, Chester Biscardi, and William Bolcom. The Tango in American Piano Music is at once vivid and erudite, and makes an important contribution to the literature for scholars and performers.

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• NCID: BB2393679X
• ISBN:
  • 9781881913382
• LCCN: 2013015497
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Missoula, MT
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 87 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : ML711.5
  • DC23 : 786.2/188850973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Piano music -- United States -- 20th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Tangos -- United States -- 20th century -- History and criticism