Elizabeth B. Crist is Assistant Professor of Musicology at The
University of Texas at Austin. Her writings on Copland have
appeared in American Music, The Musical Quarterly, and Journal of
Musicology. She won an ASCAP Deems Taylor award for her article
"Aaron Copland and the Popular Front," published earlier this year
in the Journal of the American Musicological Society. She is
co-editor (with Wayne Shirley) of The
Selected Correspondence of Aaron Copland.
"By neither taking Copland at his word nor accepting the
traditional interpretations that discount or dismiss his political
allegiances, Crist nuances what progressivism, the Popular Front,
and communism meant and applies her findings to Copland's music
from the 1930s and '40s. In doing so, she exposes the intimate
relationship between the historical moment and the music, and
refashions and enlarges our understanding of some of Copland's most
beloved works and
the man himself. Readers will wonder how we could have missed so
much for so long."--Denise Von Glahn, Florida State University,
author of The Sounds of Place: Music and the American Cultural
Landscape, 2004 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award winner
"Did the progressive movement in the U.S. find a musical voice in
Aaron Copland's music? Elizabeth Crist gives us an answer in a book
that increases our understanding of his music and its times.
Written with the same directness, elegance, and economy that
characterizes Copland's music during the depression and World War
II, Music for the Common Man deftly employs close readings of
several pieces of Copland's music to support Crist's broader
cultural
observations. In addressing the political perspective of Copland's
work during his most famous compositional period, Crist brings
together a diverse array of sources and generates a compelling work
of music
history and cultural studies."--Neil Lerner, Davidson College
"By neither taking Copland at his word nor accepting the
traditional interpretations that discount or dismiss his political
allegiances, Crist nuances what progressivism, the Popular Front,
and communism meant and applies her findings to Copland's music
from the 1930s and '40s. In doing so, she exposes the intimate
relationship between the historical moment and the music, and
refashions and enlarges our understanding of some of Copland's most
beloved works and
the man himself. Readers will wonder how we could have missed so
much for so long."--Denise Von Glahn, Florida State University,
author of The Sounds of Place: Music and the American Cultural
Landscape, 2004 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award winner
"Did the progressive movement in the U.S. find a musical voice in
Aaron Copland's music? Elizabeth Crist gives us an answer in a book
that increases our understanding of his music and its times.
Written with the same directness, elegance, and economy that
characterizes Copland's music during the depression and World War
II, Music for the Common Man deftly employs close readings of
several pieces of Copland's music to support Crist's broader
cultural
observations. In addressing the political perspective of Copland's
work during his most famous compositional period, Crist brings
together a diverse array of sources and generates a compelling work
of music
history and cultural studies."--Neil Lerner, Davidson College
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