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One hundred years of music in America.[Portrait of a publishing house; Evolution of the American composer; American symphony orchestra; Band music; Popular music from minstrel songs to rock 'n' roll; Music on records; Copyright and the creative arts
by Lang, Paul Henry, 1901-1991, ed. [Hans W. Heinsheimer, Frank Thompson, Richard Gilmore Appel, Edward Downes, Allen P. Britton, Richard F. French, Arnold Shaw, Richard Franko Goldman, Nicolas Slonimsky, Robert Stevenson, Philip L Miller, Paul Henry
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New York, G. Schirmer; distributor to the book trade: Grosset & Dunlap, 1961., 1961. Very Good. 322 pp. ; illustrated. ; 24 cm. ; "A centennial publication" ; LCCN: 61-65802 ; LC: ML200; Dewey: 780.973 ; OCLC: 507690 ; brown cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; spine sunned ; decorative endpapers ; Contents: Portrait of a publishing house / Paul Henry Lang -- The evolution of the American composer / Nathan Broder -- The American symphony orchestra / Helen M. Thompson -- Opera, the story of an immigrant / Philip L. Miller -- Church music : a century of contrasts / Robert Stevenson -- The plush era in American concert life / Nicolas Slonimsky -- Band music in America / Richard Franko Goldman -- Popular music from minstrel songs to rock 'n' roll / Arnold Shaw -- The dilemma of the music publishing industry / Richard F. French -- Music on records- 1877-1961 / Roland Gelatt -- Neither quick nor dead : the music book paradox / R.D. Darrell -- Music education : an American specialty / Allen P. Britton -- The taste-makers : critics and criticism / Edward Downes -- The America n music library, past, present, and future / Richard Gilmore Appel -- Government and the arts / Frank Thompson -- Copyright and the creative arts / Robert J. Burton -- Epilogue / Hans W. Heinsheimer. ; VG
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- One hundred years of music in America.[Portrait of a publishing house; Evolution of the American composer; American symphony orchestra; Band music; Popular music from minstrel songs to rock 'n' roll; Music on records; Copyright and the creative arts
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- Lang, Paul Henry, 1901-1991, ed. [Hans W. Heinsheimer, Frank Thompson, Richard Gilmore Appel, Edward Downes, Allen P. Britton, Richard F. French, Arnold Shaw, Richard Franko Goldman, Nicolas Slonimsky, Robert Stevenson, Philip L Miller, Paul Henry
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- New York, G. Schirmer; distributor to the book trade: Grosset & Dunlap, 1961.
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- 1961
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- symphony orchestras band music composers rock minstrel shows recordings copyright government education publishing popular concerts opera church 19th century activities American composers American music artists arts audience band band music Boston broadcas
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