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Title: Baseball and the Music of Charles Ives
Condition: New
Subtitle: A Proving Ground
Author: Timothy A. Johnson
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0810849992
EAN: 9780810849990
ISBN: 9780810849990
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Genre: Sports & Hobbies
Topic: Music Dance & Theatre
Release Date: 15/09/2004
Description: Through intelligent discussion of Ives's musical compositions combined with solid research on the composer's lifelong love of the American pastime, Ives's pioneering spirit and unique creativity are highlighted most clearly in this fascinating work. After a useful review of the development of baseball in Ives's time coupled with a succinct biography, Johnson examines the heavy influence of the game and some of its players on Ives's development as a composer. The observations made here are fresh and insightful, and are further elucidated by musical examples and photographs of pertinent ball players and venues. Music professionals, baseball historians, and baseball scholars will all find this a fascinating and useful resource.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 154mm
Item Length: 229mm
Item Width: 13mm
Item Weight: 349g
Release Year: 2004

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