Classical Music in America by Joseph Horowitz - 9780393330557

Classical Music in AmericaA History\nAuthor(s): Joseph Horowitz\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: WW Norton & Co, United States\nImprint: WW Norton & Co\nISBN-13: 9780393330557, 978-0393330557\nSynopsis\nAn opinionated, stimulating account of how classical music failed to establish fruitful roots in America, Classical Music in America chronicles a cultural attitude that has produced many fine artists and striking momentsbut no institutional or intellectual support to sustain them (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). An admirable, scholarly volume (Times Literary Supplement), this formidable book ... shows how American classical music became a performance culture, an ersatz-European showplace for celebrity virtuosos, rather than a native-born genre (The New Yorker). As a comprehensive, convincing analysis of the contemporary dilemma of reconciling European heritage with American vision and a riveting portrait of the century and a half of events and personalities which brought it abo.