Bound for America: Three British Composers
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Nicholas Temperley documents the lives, careers, and music of three British composers who emigrated from England in mid-career and became leaders in the musical life of Federal-era America. William Selby of London and Boston (1738-98), Rayner Taylor of London and Philadelphia (1745-1825), and George K. Jackson of London, New York, and Boston (1757-1822) were among the first trained professional composers to make their homes in America and to pioneer the building of an art-music tradition in the New World akin to the esteemed European "classical" music. Temperley compares their lives, careers, and compositional styles in the two countries and reflects on American musical nationalism and the changing emphasis in American musical historiography.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0252075951
ISBN13:9780252075957
Release Date:August 2008
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"
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