Best quotes by Terry Teachout on American

Checkout quotes by Terry Teachout on American

• ‟ It's certainly no secret that American students are taught less and less about the canonical literary masterpieces of the past, and there is no shortage of people who believe that what little they're required to learn in school is still too much.

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• ‟ Copland was one of the first American composers to forge a truly modern style of American classical music while also making use of American popular music - including jazz.

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• ‟ Copland was the first important American classical composer to go to work for Hollywood.

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• ‟ I don't know of any American playwrights who earn the bulk of their living writing plays. Many of the older ones teach, while a growing number of younger ones write for series television.

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• ‟ Not only are most of our citizens fathomlessly ignorant of the glories of American literature, a fast-growing percentage of our students are no longer taught much about any works of American art, be they novels, paintings, symphonies or ballets.

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