Cultivated by hand : amateur musicians in the early American republic /

Hundreds of volumes filled with hand-copied music sit in archives and libraries across the United States. Created by amateur musicians who came of age in the years following the American Revolution, these manuscript books reveal the existence musical culture that was deeply intertwined in people...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goodman, Glenda (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2020].
Series:New cultural history of music.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Reproducing Music
  • Learning Music
  • Consumerism and the Materiality of Music Books
  • Economies of Accomplishments
  • Appearing Tasteful.