Johanna Beyer
by Beal, Amy C.
Composer Johanna Beyer's fascinating body of music and enigmatic life story constitute an important chapter in American music history. Amy C. Beal chronicles Beyer's life from her early participation in New York's contemporary music scene through her performances at the Federal Music Project's Composers' Forum-Laboratory concerts to her unfortunate early death in 1944.
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- Full title :Johanna Beyer / Amy C. Beal.
Summary
Composer Johanna Beyer's fascinating body of music and enigmatic life story constitute an important chapter in American music history. Amy C. Beal chronicles Beyer's life from her early participation in New York's contemporary music scene through her performances at the Federal Music Project's Composers' Forum-Laboratory concerts to her unfortunate early death in 1944.
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- Publication Date:2015
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication:Urbana
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780252097133, 0252097130
- oclc:ocn903246009
- LC Classification:ML410.B58562
- Dewey Decimal:780.92
Table of Contents
Sunnyside, 1927-1933 -- Compositional beginnings, 1933-1936 -- Having faith, 1936-1940 -- New York waltzes : works for piano -- Horizons : percussion ensemble music -- The people, yes : songs and choral works -- Sonatas, suites, and string quartets : chamber music -- Symphonic striving : works for band and orchestra -- Status quo -- Beyer's final years, 1940-1944.
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