Music and musical composition at the American Academy in Rome / edited by Martin Brody.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Eastman studies in music ; v. 121.
Other Authors: Brody, Martin, 1949- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2014.
Series:Eastman studies in music ; v. 121.
Subjects:
American Academy in Rome > History.
American Academy in Rome > Awards > History.
Composition (Music) > Awards > Italy > Rome.
Composers > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:vii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The Rome Prize from Leo Sowerby to David Diamond / Andrea Olmstead
  • A history of the Rome Prize in music composition, 1947-2006 / Richard Trythall
  • The classicist origins of the Rome Prize in musical composition, 1890-1920 / Judith Tick
  • "Picked young men," facilitating women, and emerging composers : establishing an American Prix de Rome / Carol J. Oja
  • Forging an international alliance : Leo Sowerby, Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, and the impact of a Rome Prize / Carol J. Oja
  • Class of '54 : friendship and ideology at the American Academy in Rome / Martin Brody
  • What they said : American composers on Rome / Vivian Perlis
  • The new music scene in Rome and the American presence since World War II : excerpts from a roundtable / moderated by Richard Trythall ; edited by Martin Brody
  • For the Academy / Elliott Carter
  • Two visits in 1981 / John Harbison
  • Music resources at the American Academy in Rome / Christina Huemer.