An essential high culture institution, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has both supported and molded American musical culture. Denise Von Glahn examines the Foundation and its immense influence from the organization's prehistory and origins through the onset of World War II.
Funded by the Guggenheim mining fortune, the Foundation took early shape from the efforts of Carroll Wilson, Frank Aydelotte, and Henry Allen Moe--three Rhodes Scholars who initially struggled to envision and implement the organization's ambitious goals. Von Glahn also examines the career of the longtime musical advisor Thomas Whitney Surette while profiling early awardees Aaron Copland, Ruth Crawford Seeger, William Grant Still, Roger Sessions, George Antheil, and Carlos ChÀvez. She examines the processes behind their selection, their values and aesthetics, and their relationships with the insiders and others who championed their work.
| ISBN: | 9780252045097 |
| Publication date: | 1st August 2023 |
| Author: | Denise Von Glahn |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 316 pages |
| Series: | Music in American Life |
| Genres: |
Music Art music, orchestral and formal music Media, entertainment, information and communication industries Music reviews and criticism |
An essential high culture institution, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has both supported and molded American musical culture. Denise Von Glahn examines the Foundation and its immense influence from the organization's prehistory and origins through the onset of World War II.
Funded by the Guggenheim mining fortune, the Foundation took early shape from the efforts of Carroll Wilson, Frank Aydelotte, and Henry Allen Moe--three Rhodes Scholars who initially struggled to envision and implement the organization's ambitious goals. Von Glahn also examines the career of the longtime musical advisor Thomas Whitney Surette while profiling early awardees Aaron Copland, Ruth Crawford Seeger, William Grant Still, Roger Sessions, George Antheil, and Carlos ChÀvez. She examines the processes behind their selection, their values and aesthetics, and their relationships with the insiders and others who championed their work.
Circle of Winners features in the following genres: Music, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Media, entertainment, information and communication industries, Music reviews and criticism
Circle of Winners is available in Hardback, Paperback
Circle of Winners was written by Denise Von Glahn and published by University of Illinois Press
Circle of Winners has 316 pages
Yes it is part of Music in American Life series