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

Music Musique is a study of American and French composers active in the
late 19th through early 20th centuries and the influence of jazz on their
compositional styles. Starting with a look at the formation of American and French
styles of composition, Meister discusses the jazz influence on American composers
such as Ives, Copland, and Seeger, and their reception in France. She then takes a
parallel look at the jazz influence on prominent French composers such as Ravel,
Milhaud, and Messiae...