{"product_id":"voices-in-the-wilderness-walter-simmons-9780810857285","title":"Voices in the Wilderness: Six American Neo-Romantic Composers","description":"Despite the Modernist search for new and innovative aesthetics and rejection of traditional tonality, several twentieth century composers have found their own voice while steadfastly relying on the aesthetics and techniques of Romanticism and 19th century composition principles. Musicological and reference texts have regarded these composers as isolated exceptions to modern thoughts of composition-exceptions of little importance, treated simplistically and superficially. Music critic and scholar Walter Simmons, however, believes these composers and their works should be taken seriously. They are worthy of more scholarly consideration, and deserve proper analysis, assessment, and discussion in their own regard. In \u003ci\u003eVoices in the Wilderness\u003c\/i\u003e, the first in a series of books celebrating the \"Twentieth-Century Traditionalist,\" Simmons looks at six Neo-Romantic composers: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErnest Bloch \u003cbr\u003eHoward Hanson \u003cbr\u003eVittorio Giannini\u003cbr\u003ePaul Creston\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Barber\u003cbr\u003eNicolas Flagello\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough biographical overviews and a comprehensive assessment of musical works, Simmons provides readers with a clear understanding of the significance of the composers, their bodies of work, and their placement in musicological history. The chapters delve deeply and objectively into each composer's oeuvre, addressing their origins, stylistic traits and consistencies, phases of development, strengths and weaknesses, and affinities with other composers. The composers' most representative works are identified, and each chapter concludes with a discography of essential recordings. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVisit the author's \u003cb\u003ewebsite\u003c\/b\u003e to read samples from the book and to listen to representative excerpts of each composer's work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter Simmons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810857286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810857285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scarecrow Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 6.38w x 1.10d","brand":"Walter Simmons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926332375295,"sku":"9780810857285","price":67.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3d2a0c5c-24ca-49f9-9d42-bab9334b3e9a.jpg?v=1681082483","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/voices-in-the-wilderness-walter-simmons-9780810857285","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}