Music Musique: French and American Piano Composition in the Jazz Age

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This book is a publication of Indiana University Press 601 North Morton Street Bloomington, IN 47404-3797 USA http://iupress.indiana.edu Telephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931 Orders by e-mail iuporder@indiana.edu© 2006 by Barbara Meister All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition. The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Meister, Barbara, date Music musique : French and American piano composition in the jazz age / Barbara Meister. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-253-34608-8 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Jazz—History and criticism. 2. Music—France—20th century—History and criticism. 3. Music—United States—20th century—History and criticism. 4. Piano music—History and criticism. I. Title. ML197.M244 2006 781.6'8165—dc22 2006004443 1 2 3 4 5 11 10 09 08 07 06 To the memory of my parents Just as my fingers on these keys Make music, so these self-same sounds On my spirit make a music too. Wallace Stevens, “Peter Quince at the Clavier” It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing. Duke Ellington ...