The Sounds of Place : Music and the American Cultural Landscape.

Intro -- Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: A Place to Start -- Chapter One: America as Niagara: Nature as Icon -- Anthony Philip Heinrich: The War of the Elements and the Thundering of Niagara -- William Henry Fry: Niagara Symphony -- George Frederick Bristow: Niagara: Symphony for Grand Orchestra and Chorus -- Chapter Two: From Country to City in the Music of Charles Ives -- The Housatonic at Stockbridge -- From Hanover Square North, at the End of a Tragic Day, the Voice of the People Again Arose -- Chapter Three: Urban Places: Iconic New York -- Aaron Copland: Quiet City and Music for a Great City -- Edgard Varèse: Amériques -- Duke Ellington: Harlem Air Shaft and Harlem -- Chapter Four: Beyond the City: Rivers, Canyons, and Plains -- William Grant Still: Kaintuck' and American Scenes -- Roy Harris: Cimarron -- Ferde Grofé: Mississippi Suite, Grand Canyon Suite, Hudson River Suite, and Niagara Falls Suite -- Chapter Five: Return to Nature: Recent Reconsiderations -- Robert Starer: Hudson Valley Suite -- Dana Paul Perna: Prout's Neck and Three Places on Long Island -- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No. 4, The Gardens -- Chapter Six: A Sounding Place: America Redefined -- Steve Reich: Vermont Counterpoint, The Desert Music, New York Counterpoint, and City Life -- Conclusions: Where We Are -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

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