The history of American music / by Louis C. Elson ; with twelve full-page photogravures and one hundred and six illustrations in the text.
| Author/creator |
Elson, Louis Charles, 1848-1920 |
| Other author/creator | Elson, Arthur, 1873-1940. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Burt Franklin, 1971. |
| Description | xiii, 423 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, music, facsimiles ; 27 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Burt Franklin: Research & source works series ; 686 History of American art. ^A686918 |
| Contents | The religious beginnings of American music -- Early musical organizations -- Instrumental music and American orchestras -- Musical societies and institutions -- Opera in America -- The folk-music of America -- National and patriotic music -- American tone-masters -- The orchestral composers of America -- Other orchestral composers of America -- Operatic, cantata, and vocal composers -- American song-composers -- Organists, choir and chorus leaders -- The American composers for pianoforte -- American women in music -- Musical criticism and authorship -- The musical education of the present -- Qualities and defects of American music -- Supplementary chapter to 1915 -- Supplementary chapters to 1925 / [by Arthur Elson]. |
| Abstract | This series of books brings together for the first time the materials for a history of American art. Heretofore there have been attempts to narrate some special period or feature of our artistic development, but the narrative has never been consecutive or conclusive. The present volumes begin with colonial times, and carry the record down to the year 1904. They are intended to cover the graphic, the plastic, the illustrative, the architectural, the musical, and the dramatic arts, and to recite the results in each department historically and critically. In this "History of American Music," the second of the series, the author has told of the beginnings, the foreign influences, the changes, the methods, the personal endeavors, that have gone to the making of our present music. |
| General note | Reprint of the 1925 edition, issued in series: The history of American art / edited by J.C. Van Dyke. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-406). |
| LCCN | 79132809 |
| ISBN | 0833710559 |
| ISBN | 9780833710550 |
| ISBN | 0871963752 |
| ISBN | 9780871963758 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML200 .E46 1971 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |