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The State of Music

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Polemics by a leading American composer. There is a 1961 preface with Thomson's thoughts about what he said in the original 1939 edition. Chapters: Our Island Home ; The Neighbors ; Survivals of an Earlier Civilization ; Life among the Natives ; Life in the Big City ; How Composers Eat ; What Composers Write How ; Composers' Politics ; Intellectual Freedom ; How to write a piece ; Back to the Womb, James ; Back to Politics .

Language: English

Pages: 227

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: April 01, 1962

The State of Music

4/5 ( ratings)

Polemics by a leading American composer. There is a 1961 preface with Thomson's thoughts about what he said in the original 1939 edition. Chapters: Our Island Home ; The Neighbors ; Survivals of an Earlier Civilization ; Life among the Natives ; Life in the Big City ; How Composers Eat ; What Composers Write How ; Composers' Politics ; Intellectual Freedom ; How to write a piece ; Back to the Womb, James ; Back to Politics .

Language: English

Pages: 227

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: April 01, 1962

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