Follows the life and discusses the music of the insurance executive who composed in his spare time music of such originality and variety that he ranks today as one of this country's greatest and most thoroughly American composers.
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Follows the life and discusses the music of the insurance executive who composed in his spare time music of such originality and variety that he ranks today as one of this country's greatest and most thoroughly American composers.
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Good. USED Good Former Library book Hardcover with Dust jacket with Mylar cover. It has normal library markings including card holder/reference sticker and library call number on spine. Dust jacket is in Good condition with some cover scuff/indents on cover. Some pages inside may be folded or wrinkled. It has school and/or library name blacked out with marker or white blackout sticker on page edges, cover and inside. Reinforced with library tape on some inside pages or cover.
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Good. Book Octavo, hardcover, VG ex school library book with dj in mylar. 141 pp. including index. Endpaper removed. One of the most original and still modern of American composers. He suggested the use of discord, several rhythmic beats at once and sometimes competing tunes. He used folksongs, hymn tunes as the basis. His music became popular after he died. He was an insurance who composed in his spare time.