Mavericks and Other Traditions in American Music by Broyles, Michael

Yale University Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Yale University Press, 2004-05-10. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Yale University Press, 2004, 1st. VG/VG. Trace of shelfwear. DJ w/ trace of rubbing/edgewear. 000023134

Yale University Press, May 2004. Hardcover. VG/Very Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

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New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 2004. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 398 pages. From colonial times to the present, American composers have lived on the fringes of society and defined themselves in large part as outsiders. In this stimulating book Michael Broyles considers the tradition of maverick composers and explores what these mavericks reveal about American attitudes toward the arts and about American society itself.Broyles starts by examining the careers of three notably unconventional composers: William Billings in the eighteenth century, Anthony Philip Heinrich in the nineteenth, and Charles Ives in the twentieth. All three had unusual lives, wrote music that many considered incomprehensible, and are now recognized as key figures in the development of American music. Broyles goes on to investigate the proliferation of eccentric individualism in all types of American music-classical, popular, and jazz-and how it has come to dominate… Read More

Yale University Press, 2004-05-10. Hardcover. Like New. Hardcover. Dust Jacket is in very good condition. Tight Binding. Clean unmarked text. No highlighting or pen/pencil markings. We Ship Daily.

Yale University Press, 2004-05-10. Hardcover. Like New. Yale University Press; New Haven, 2004. Hardcover. Fine, black cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding firm, interior and extremities tidy, book appears unread, minimal use/handling marks, small dent bottom text block edge, in a Fine, trace edge/corner wear, minimal handling/scuff marks, Dust Wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches], 387pp. indexed, bibliography, notes, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 8vo. pp. 387, ""From colonial times to the present, American composers have lived on the fringes of society and defined themselves in large part as outsiders. In this stimulating book Michael Broyles considers the tradition of maverick composers and explores what these mavericks reveal about American attitudes toward the arts and about American society itself. Broyles…

New Haven, CT, U.S.A: Yale University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. From colonial times to the present, many American composers have lived on the fringes of society and defined themselves as outsiders; this book considers the tradition of maverick composers and explores what they reveal about American attitudes toward the arts and about American society; it begins by examining the careers of three unconventional composers, William Billings, Anthony Philip Heinrich, and Charles Ives, and then goes on to investigate the proliferation of eccentric individualism in all types of American music, classical, popular, and jazz, and how it has come to dominate the image of diverse creative artists from John Cage to Frank Zappa (black cloth with gold lettering; black dust jacket with small photos of various maverick composers)