TY - BOOK ID - 78068130 TI - Frontier figures PY - 2012 SN - 0520952022 1280116560 9786613520852 9780520952027 9781280116568 9780520267787 0520267788 9780520267763 0520267761 6613520853 PB - Berkeley DB - UniCat KW - Legends KW - Music KW - Folk tales KW - Traditions KW - Urban legends KW - Folklore KW - History and criticism. KW - West (U.S.) KW - American West KW - Trans-Mississippi West (U.S.) KW - United States, Western KW - Western States (U.S.) KW - Western United States KW - History KW - Social life and customs KW - United States KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - 1848-1950 KW - West (U.S.) - Social life and customs - 20th century. KW - aaron copland. KW - american culture. KW - book club books. KW - books about music composers. KW - books for music lovers. KW - books for reluctant readers. KW - career. KW - culture and music. KW - discussion books. KW - easy to read. KW - engaging. KW - evolution of american music. KW - gifts for friends. KW - history. KW - how to become a musician. KW - how was music created. KW - learning about american music history. KW - music books. KW - music evolution. KW - page turner. KW - performing arts. KW - politics in the music world. KW - the wild west. KW - theater. KW - vacation reads. KW - what was the wild west. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78068130 AB - Frontier Figures is a tour-de-force exploration of how the American West, both as physical space and inspiration, animated American music. Examining the work of such composers as Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Virgil Thomson, Charles Wakefield Cadman, and Arthur Farwell, Beth E. Levy addresses questions of regionalism, race, and representation as well as changing relationships to the natural world to highlight the intersections between classical music and the diverse worlds of Indians, pioneers, and cowboys. Levy draws from an array of genres to show how different brands of western Americana were absorbed into American culture by way of sheet music, radio, lecture recitals, the concert hall, and film. Frontier Figures is a comprehensive illumination of what the West meant and still means to composers living and writing long after the close of the frontier. ER -