Innovation and selection: Symphony orchestras and the construction of the musical canon in the United States (1879-1959)

Social Forces

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1051-1082

  Kremp, Pierre Antoine ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 125 Wallace Hall ^*  (United States)

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EID: 77953566273     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0314     Document Type: Article

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