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The Dawning of American Keyboard Music (Hardcover)
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The Dawning of American Keyboard Music (Hardcover)
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Clark provides an extensive survey of the keyboard culture of the
young American nation. Written in straightforward, accessible
style, the volume covers the period 1787-1830. Clark's unusual
organization of the music by genre . . . reveals the wide expanse
of the early musical output. . . . This volume belongs in every
academic library and on the shelves of all pianists interested in
US national musical heritage. Clark's `overriding wish is that some
of this music will be played and heard again.' This reviewer
heartily concurs and applauds this book as a solid cornerstone upon
which his wish may be built. Choice ... a thoroughly excellent
piece of scholarship. Professor Clark has a truly encyclopedic
command of the literature, analytical expertise, and a clear and
engrossing prose style. The book captures one's interest quickly
and never becomes slow or pedantic. American Organist The Dawning
of American Keyboard Music covers the subject very completely and
it will be a standard reference tool for those who love early
American music. American Music Teacher This work concerns the rapid
growth of keyboard composition in the United States from its
beginnings in the 1760s until 1830. Nearly all of the more artistic
compositions are described, focusing on those available in moderns
editions and reprints; for the rest, there are over 200 examples
from music extant only in their original sheet-music copies. The
first part of the book is organized by genre, with chapters on the
sonata, the rondo, variations, the medley, and battle music. Later
chapters are devoted to organ music and to a detailed account of
English and American pianoforte tutors, including the varying
realizations of ornament signs. The work's formal chapter treats
the Bohemian immigrant Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781-1861), whose
avant garde compositions are still incomprehensible to many people.
The volume concludes with a bibliography of literature on the
subject and music editions and with indexes of names, titles, and
subjects. The specialized focus of this account supplements the
more general histories of early American music. Citations are made
to the standard bibliographies of early printed music; complete
bibliographical descriptions, including library locations, are
furnished for the rest. This volume will appeal to historians of
American music and keyborad music and to keyboard performers.
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