Sounds of Place

Composers like Charles Ives, Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich created works that indelibly commemorated American places. Denise Von Glahn analyzes the soundscapes of fourteen figures whose "place pieces" tell us much about the nation''s search for its own voice and about its ever-changing sense of self. She connects each composer''s feelings about the United States and their...