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    Vincent Persichetti : grazioso, grit, and gold / Andrea Olmstead.

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    • Title:Vincent Persichetti : grazioso, grit, and gold / Andrea Olmstead.
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    • Variant Title:Grazioso, grit, and gold
    • Author/Creator:Olmstead, Andrea, author.
    • Published/Created:Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Persichetti, Vincent, 1915-1987.
      Composers--United States--Biography.
    • Genre/Form: Biographies.
    • Description:xxvi, 493 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
    • Summary:"Vincent Persichetti: Grazioso, Grit, and Gold is the first critical biography of this esteemed American composer, bringing together thorough scholarship by Andrea Olmstead and contributions by prominent performers. Olmstead weaves a captivating narrative of the composer from his early life and musical training, starting with his early career in Philadelphia during the 1920s and '30s and through his teaching at Juilliard and death in 1987. The book sheds light on Persichetti's personal and professional life, the multiple forces that shaped his musical development, and his far-reaching influence on the modern American composition scene."-- Publisher's description.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
    • ISBN:9781538118085 hardcover ; alkaline paper
      1538118084 hardcover ; alkaline paper
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. I 1915
      1939
      1. Early Life and Musical Training
      2. Combs Conservatory
      3. Philadelphia Orchestra, Stokowski, and Ormandy
      4. Persichetti as a Student
      5. Arch Street Church and the Silent Year
      6. Olga Samaroff
      7. Paul Nordoff
      8. Curtis Institute of Music and Reiner
      9. "Silent" Decade
      pt. II 1938
      1962
      10. Dorothy from Kansas
      11. Composer Emerges
      12. First Two Symphonies
      13. Roy Harris
      14. Philadelphia Conservatory and a Trial
      15. William Schuman and Juilliard
      16. Choral Settings of E. E. Cummings
      17. Piano Sonata Period
      18. Divertimento for Band
      19. Harmonium
      20. Fourth and Fifth Symphonies
      21. Schuman Book
      22. Hymns and Responses for the Church Year
      23. Symphony for Band
      24. Year of the Song
      25. Seventh Symphony
      26. Mass
      27. Twentieth-Century Harmony
      pt. III 1962
      1987
      28. Peter Mennin and Lincoln Center
      29. Religious Music
      30. Masquerade
      31. Choral(e) Years, 1966
      1969
      32. Creation
      33. Sinfonia: Janiculum
      34. Parables
      35. Lincoln Address
      36. More Parables
      37. Sibyl
      38. English Horn Concerto
      39. Mirror Music
      40. Harpsichord Period
      41. Last Years
      42. Death and Posthumous Reputation.
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