Steven Schwartz wrote:
>Well, of course he's American. So is Hanson. I simply don't hear the
>American vernacular in either. Furthermore, when Carter does tackle an
>American subject (like Pocohontas), he comes to it via Copland, rather
>than through any interest in the native culture or even myth ...
He's American in that he grows out of a very American tradition: American
Experimentalism.
Stirling Newberry