America's Musical Pioneers and the Cornish Colony

This book portrays in fascinating detail the lives of composers and musicians from the American Renaissance and Gilded Age. It depicts the extraordinarily rich and varied musical life in Boston and New York societies showcasing one of America’s earliest and most distinctive art colonies known to some as the “Athens of America.” This important work investigates the musical conditions in America from the late nineteenth century through World War I and explains some of the difficulties encountered by America’s Musical Pioneers. Cultural historians, artists, and musicians will find this book especially interesting and engaging from cover to cover. A useful appendix lists where to find compositions by the composers represented, and is a valuable resource for performing musicians.