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Author:

Miller, Bonny H. author.

Title:

Augusta Browne : composer and woman of letters in nineteenth-century America / Bonny H. Miller.

Publisher:

University of Rochester Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xvi, 457 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Browne, Augusta.
Women composers--United States--Biography.
Composers--United States--Biography.
Music--United States--19th century--History and criticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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 -- Appendixes: 1. Children and Descendants of David Samuel Browne and Elizabeth Montgomery Browne -- 2. Chronology of Augusta Browne's Music and Letters -- 3. List of Musical Works -- 4. Selected Glossary

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Eastman studies in music ; v. 164

ISBN:

1580469728
9781580469722

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1126800734

LCCN:

2019058784

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)