an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music.
Accessible Alternatives 1. American symphonic style featured these elements: melodic breadth, diatonicism, jazzy or syncopated rhythms (often asymmetrical), and a full sound (due to large brass and percussion sections). 2. Barber’s music exemplifies this style too, especially in his concertos and Adagio for Strings. a. This work is essentially diatonic and expressive, moving from calm to passionate climax. 3. The works of Rachmaninoff also merged nineteenth- and twentieth-century styles in a manner that the public found accessible.