{"product_id":"the-queer-composition-of-americas-nadine-hubbs-9780520241855","title":"The Queer Composition of America's Sound: Gay Modernists, American Music, and National Identity","description":"In this vibrant and pioneering book, Nadine Hubbs shows how a gifted group of Manhattan-based gay composers were pivotal in creating a distinctive \"American sound\" and in the process served as architects of modern American identity. Focusing on a talented circle that included Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson, Leonard Bernstein, Marc Blitzstein, Paul Bowles, David Diamond, and Ned Rorem, \u003ci\u003eThe Queer Composition of America's Sound \u003c\/i\u003ehomes in on the role of these artists' self-identification--especially with tonal music, French culture, and homosexuality--in the creation of a musical idiom that even today signifies \"America\" in commercials, movies, radio and television, and the concert hall.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nadine Hubbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520241851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520241855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.08w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2005 pg. 1030","brand":"Nadine Hubbs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119762895103,"sku":"9780520241855","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6550f878-bf6e-40d8-bffb-8c0e395c22cd.jpg?v=1687410814","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-queer-composition-of-americas-nadine-hubbs-9780520241855","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}