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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Lambert, Philip (1958-....)
Titre(s) : Alec Wilder [Texte imprimé] / by Philip Lambert
Publication : Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, 2013
Description matérielle : xix, 153 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm
Collection : American composers
Lien à la collection : American composers (Urbana)
Comprend : Awakenings: musical experiences through the early 1930s ; Breakthroughs: first professional
successes in the 1930s and 1940s ; Evolutions: compositional maturity in the 1950s
; Loyalties: the prolific 1960s ; Celebrations: reflection and reaffirmation in the
1970s ; The music of Alec Wilder: an assessment.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (page 143) and index
The music of Alec Wilder (1907-1980) blends several American musical traditions, such
as jazz and the American popular song, with classical European forms and techniques.
Stylish and accessible, Wilder's musical oeuvre ranged from sonatas, suites, concertos,
operas, ballets, and art songs to woodwind quintets, brass quintets, jazz suites,
and hundreds of popular songs. Wilder enjoyed a close musical kinship with a wide
variety of musicians, including classical conductors such as Erich Leinsdorf, Frederick
Fennell, and Gunther Schuller; jazz musicians Marian McPartland, Stan Getz, and Zoot
Sims; and popular singers including Frank Sinatra, Mabel Mercer, Peggy Lee, and Tony
Bennett. In this biography and critical investigation of Wilder's music, Philip Lambert
chronicles Wilder's early work as a part-time student at the Eastman School of Music,
his ascent through the ranks of the commercial recording industry in New York City
in the 1930s and 1940s, his turn toward concert music from the 1950s onward, and his
devotion late in his life to the study of American popular songs of the first half
of the twentieth century. The book discusses some of his best-known music, such as
the revolutionary octets and songs such as "I'll Be Around," "While We're Young,"
and "Blackberry Winter," and explains the unique blend of cultivated and vernacular
traditions in his singular musical language [Publisher description]
Sujet(s) : Wilder, Alec (1907-1980)
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
780.92 (23e éd.) = Musique - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780252037603 (hardcover) (alk. paper). - ISBN 025203760X (hardcover) (alk. paper).
- ISBN 9780252079139 (pbk.) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0252079132 (pbk.) (alk. paper). -
ISBN 9780252094842 (e-book). - ISBN 0252094840 (e-book)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb438665935
Notice n° :
FRBNF43866593
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