The Recognition of Charles Ives as "America's Greatest Composer," 1920-70
FAIN: FB-11608-73
Frank R. Rossiter
University of Texas, Dallas (Richardson, TX 75080-3021)
As music is almost as valuable a vehicle as literature for approaching American cultural and intellectual trends in this century, Mr. Rossiter's study will concern the changing reactions to Ives' compositions since 1920 as a barometer of trends in American serious music, which have in turn reflected borader shifts in American culture.