Bound for America - Three British Composers

Klappentext Shedding light on three immigrant composers in an overlooked period of American music Zusammenfassung Documents the lives, careers, and music of three British composers, William Selby of London and Boston (1738-98), Rayner Taylor of London and Philadelphia (1745-1825), and George K Jackson of St Andrews, New York, and Boston (1757-1822) who emigrated from England in mid-career and became leaders in the musical life of the American Federal era.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Temperley
• Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.08.2008
• EAN: 9780252075957
• ISBN: 978-0-252-07595-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Music in American Life; Music in American Life (Paperb; Music in American Life; Music in American Life (Paperb
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music