Augusta Browne - Composer and Woman of Letters in Nineteenth-Century America

Honourable Mention, AMS H. Robert Cohen/RIPM Award

The first comprehensive biography of any American woman musician born before the Civil War brings to life a composer whose story is both old-fashioned and strikingly modern.

List of contents

Introduction
First Steps
Apprentice in a Family Music Business
Philadelphia Debut
A Young Professor of Music
A New Leaf
Her Own Woman
Courtship and Consequences
Pilgrim in Progress
"Glad Fruition"
Legacy in Music
Legacy in Literature
Contributions to Music Journalism
A Legacy Written into History
Appendix 1: Children and Descendants of David Samuel Browne and Elizabeth Montgomery Browne
Appendix 2: Chronology of Augusta Browne's Music and Letters

About the author

Bonny H. Miller

Summary

Honourable Mention, AMS H. Robert Cohen/RIPM AwardThe first comprehensive biography of any American woman musician born before the Civil War brings to life a composer whose story is both old-fashioned and strikingly modern.

Product details

• Authors: Bonny H Miller, Bonny H (Royalty Account) Miller, Bonny H. Miller
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781580469722
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-972-2
• No. of pages: 474
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 798 g
• Series: Eastman Studies in Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Monographs; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Musikgeschichte, Musiker, Sänger, Bands und Gruppen, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, Music / Songbooks