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by R. James Tobin


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In Neoclassical Music in America: Voices of Clarity and Restrain, music reviewer and scholar, R. James Tobin explores the origins and fate of neoclassicism, arguing how efforts to define musical neoclassicism as a style largely fail because of the stylistic diversity of the music that fall within its scope. Tobin surveys the careers of various figures, drawing especially on early reviews of performances before offering his own critical assessment of individual works. His examination includes such European influencers, as Igor Stravinsky, Paul Hindemith, and Nadia Boulanger, before he turns his attention to Edward Burlingame Hill, Walter Piston, Harold Shapero, Irving Fine, early Lukas Foss, Alexei Haieff, Ingolf Dahl, Louise Talma, John Lessard, Nicolai Lopatnikoff, and Aaron Rabushka

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  • Title Neoclassical Music in America: Voices of Clarity and Restraint
  • Author R. James Tobin
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 300
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • Date 2014-07-02
  • ISBN 9780810884397 / 0810884399
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.27 x 6.37 x 0.79 in (23.55 x 16.18 x 2.01 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Music - United States - 20th century -, Neoclassicism (Music) - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014004941
  • Dewey Decimal Code 780.973

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About the author

R. James Tobin has been writing about classical music for many years. Reflecting his training in cultural history and aesthetics, his doctoral dissertation at the University of Wisconsin was Judging the Avant-garde: Originality and Value in the Arts. Now retired from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, he continues to write for classical.net.
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