Rudolph Ganz, Patriotism, and Standardization of The Star-Spangled Banner, 1907-1958

ISBN-13: 9781032554181 / Twarda / 2023 / 112 str.

Iain Quinn

Opis

This book examines the succession of events towards the potential standardization of the music for "The Star-Spangled Banner" from an initial letter to President Roosevelt in 1907 to the 1958 congressional hearings on the National Anthem, and the later work of the Swiss-Born American pianist, Rudolph Ganz.

Recenzje

“In a concise and masterful way, Iain Quinn has provided a portrait of the celebrated Swiss American musician Rudolph Ganz, as well as an overview of the attempts that Ganz and others made to standardize The Star-Spangled Banner. It is an engaging story of history, music, patriotism, and politics.”

Larry Alan Smith, Composer and Professor Emeritus and Former Dean, The Hartt School, University of Hartford

Spis treści

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 An Immigrant’s Perspective – The Role of Public Patriotism

2 The National Anthem and the Challenge of Standardization

3 The Advocacy of the Immigrant – Ganz and The Star-Spangled Banner

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Iain Quinn is Professor of Organ and Coordinator of Sacred Music at Florida State University. He is also the author of The Development and Genesis of an English Organ Sonata (2017), The Organist in Victorian Literature (2017), and Music and Religion in the writings of Ian McEwan (2023).