Books written by Joseph Horowitz
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Classical Music in America: A History of Its Rise and Fall
Ralph Locke and Cyrilla Barr ( eds . ) , Cultivating Music in America : Women Patrons and Activists since 1860 ( Berkeley , University of California Press , 1997 ) . Cyrilla Barr , Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge : American Patron of Music ...
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Moral Fire: Musical Portraits from America's Fin de Siècle
With the expiration of the Women's Bureau, Holloway found other causes and forums. ... Following the death of his eighteen-month-old son in 1885, William James frequented a Beacon Hill psychic named Leonora Piper.
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Moral Fire: Musical Portraits from America's Fin de Siècle
This book will be welcomed not only by those interested in the history of music in America, but also by cultural historians and American Studies specialists for its perceptive insights into U.S. culture—and cultural aspiration—at the ...
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The Ivory Trade: Music and the Business of Music at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
Met lit. opg. Met reg. Study of music competitions in America. As well as a history of music competition, it includes a series of intimate portraits of six pianists. On...
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Classical Music in America: A History
Documents classical music's rise at the end of the nineteenth century and decline after World War I, discussing the quest for an American compositional voice, the nation's top performers, and the direction of postmodern music.
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Dvorak's Prophecy: And the Vexed Fate of Black Classical Music
Joseph Horowitz ranges throughout American cultural history, from Frederick Douglass and Huckleberry Finn to George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and the work of Ralph Ellison, searching for explanations.
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Understanding Toscanini: A Social History of American Concert Life
" In this boldly conceived and superbly realized study, Joseph Horowitz reveals how and why Toscanini became the object of unparalleled veneration in the United States.
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阿劳谈艺录
克劳迪奥·阿劳·莱昂 (Claudio Arrau) 被称为“智利的莫扎特”,本书为访问记和谈艺录.
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Wagner Nights: An American History
Horowitz writes with solid scholarship and an extraordinarily fresh eye. This is a brilliant and compellingly readable account."—H.
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The Propaganda of Freedom: JFK, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, and the Cultural Cold War
... How Shostakovich Changed My Mind ( 2019 ) begins with an unforgettable story . In 2006 Johnson traveled to St ... Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 on August 18 , 1942. The city was under Nazi siege . Hundreds of thousands had died . The ...