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Gems of exquisite beauty : how hymnody carried classical music to America / Peter Mercer-Taylor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mercer-Taylor, Peter Jameson, author.
- Series:
- Founders of modern political and social thought.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Founders of modern political and social thought
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hymns--United States--19th century--History and criticism.
- Hymns.
- Arrangement (Music)--United States--History--19th century.
- Arrangement (Music).
- Music--United States--German influences.
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (398 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- In the antebellum period, most Americans first encountered European classical music through hundreds of hymn tunes that tapped into classical melodies. This is an in-depth study of the rise and fall of these popular, but largely overlooked, adaptations and their place in nineteenth-century American musical life.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 6, 2021).
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-753778-2
- 0-19-084280-6
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