Steve Schwartz Music Books: Populism | sku-56142752

Steve Schwartz's hardcover Nationalist and Populist Composers: Voices of the American People is listed under Music Books as sku-56142752. It examines populism and nationalism in American classical music between the world wars and challenges the division of composers into Stravinsky and Schoenberg camps.

Arranged chronologically, its chapters cover the lives, careers and major works of George Gershwin, Randall Thompson, Virgil Thomson, Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Kurt Weill, Morton Gould and Leonard Bernstein. Schwartz traces the rise and decline of musical populism in the United States and discusses works including Rhapsody in Blue, Appalachian Spring and West Side Story.

The book is written for scholars and general readers interested in modern classical music and American social history.