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245 10 a| Music and musicians in early America /c| Irving Lowens.;

250 a| [1st ed.].;

260 a| New York :b| W. W. Norton,c| [1964];

300 a| 328 pages :b| facsimiles (including music) ;c| 22 cm;

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337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| A check list of writings about music in the periodicals of American transcendentalism (1835-50): pages 311-321.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 00 t| Music in the American wilderness --t| Music.t| The Bay Psalm Book in 17th-century New England --t| John Tuft's Introduction to the Singing of Psalm-Tunes (1721-44): the first American music textbook --t| Andrew Law and the pirates --t| Benjamin Carr's Federal Overture (1794) --t| The Easy Instructor (1798-1831): a history and bibliography of the first shape-note tune-book --t| John Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second (1813): a northern precursor of southern folk-hymnody --t| Men.t| Daniel Read's world: the letters of an early American composer --t| The musical Edsons of Shady: early American tunesmiths --t| James Hewitt: professional musician --t| The triumph of Anthony Philip Heinrich --t| William Henry Fry: American nationalist --t| Our first matinee idol: Louis Moreau Gottschalk --t| Miscellanea.t| The origins of the American fuging-tune --t| Music and American transcendentalism (1835-50) --t| American democracy and American music (1830-1914) --t| The Warrington collection: a research adventure at Case Memorial Library --t| The American tradition of church song --g| Appendixes.t| The complete text of John Tuft's Short Introduction to the Singing of Psalm-Tunes (1726) --t| The Easy Instructor (1801-1831): a check-list of editions and issues --t| A check-list of writings about music in the periodicals of American Transcendentalism (1835-50).;

520 a| The author discusses various aspects of early American music and its growth. In eighteen essays he describes some of the significant musical publications issued in America from colonial times to the middle of the nineteenth century. Biographical portraits of some of the outstanding American composers of that period are included. One essay clarifies the origin and development of the fuging tune. Another studies the attitude of the Transcendentalists towards music, as revealed in their writing. Still another defines the relation between American democracy and American music - both fine-art and popular - in the century before the First World War. Religious music is the subject of several essays.;

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Music and musicians in early America / Irving Lowens.

Author/creator	Lowens, Irving
Format	Book
Edition	[1st ed.].
Publication Info	New York : W. W. Norton, [1964]
Description	328 pages : facsimiles (including music) ; 22 cm
Subjects	Music--United States. --History and criticism. Composers--United States. --Biography.

Contents	Music in the American wilderness -- Music. The Bay Psalm Book in 17th-century New England -- John Tuft's Introduction to the Singing of Psalm-Tunes (1721-44): the first American music textbook -- Andrew Law and the pirates -- Benjamin Carr's Federal Overture (1794) -- The Easy Instructor (1798-1831): a history and bibliography of the first shape-note tune-book -- John Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second (1813): a northern precursor of southern folk-hymnody -- Men. Daniel Read's world: the letters of an early American composer -- The musical Edsons of Shady: early American tunesmiths -- James Hewitt: professional musician -- The triumph of Anthony Philip Heinrich -- William Henry Fry: American nationalist -- Our first matinee idol: Louis Moreau Gottschalk -- Miscellanea. The origins of the American fuging-tune -- Music and American transcendentalism (1835-50) -- American democracy and American music (1830-1914) -- The Warrington collection: a research adventure at Case Memorial Library -- The American tradition of church song -- Appendixes. The complete text of John Tuft's Short Introduction to the Singing of Psalm-Tunes (1726) -- The Easy Instructor (1801-1831): a check-list of editions and issues -- A check-list of writings about music in the periodicals of American Transcendentalism (1835-50).
Abstract	The author discusses various aspects of early American music and its growth. In eighteen essays he describes some of the significant musical publications issued in America from colonial times to the middle of the nineteenth century. Biographical portraits of some of the outstanding American composers of that period are included. One essay clarifies the origin and development of the fuging tune. Another studies the attitude of the Transcendentalists towards music, as revealed in their writing. Still another defines the relation between American democracy and American music - both fine-art and popular - in the century before the First World War. Religious music is the subject of several essays.
General note	A check list of writings about music in the periodicals of American transcendentalism (1835-50): pages 311-321.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	Biographies. 2 lcgft
LCCN	64017518

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