Music in America 1860–1918: Essays, Reviews, and Remarks on Critical Issues.

  • Timothy Mark Crain University of Massachusetts Lowell
Keywords: American Music, 19th-Century Music, 20th-Century Music

Abstract

In Music in America, 1860–1918, compiler and editor Bill Faucett presents a rich collection of first-hand historical reviews, accounts, and articles on both well-known topics, including the search for an American musical identity, and neglected aspects of American music, such as copyright issues during this era. While the volume offers no ground-breaking interpretations of the material (and Faucett does not claim such an interpretive intention), the primary significance of the compilation is the assembly of carefully chosen and valuable textual excerpts that draw attention to the role written representations had in the formation of America’s musical identity, rather than to musical works themselves.

Author Biography

Timothy Mark Crain, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Timothy Crain is Assistant Professor of Music History at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He also holds the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Historical Musicology from the Florida State University, specializing in American music and the music of the twentieth century. Crain’s scholarly publications include reviews, articles, and book chapters on a wide range of topics, from popular music to art music traditions. He has also read numerous scholarly papers for many regional, national, and international professional societies, including the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, the Society of Early Americanists, the Southern Chapter of The College Music Society, and the Southern Chapter of the American Musicological Society.

Published
2013-10-01
Issue
Vol 4 No 2 (2014): Spring 2014: Essays in Honor of Douglass Seaton
Section
Reviews

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