Scarecrow Press
Pages: 27
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-880157-18-3 • Paperback • January 1995 • $5.00 • (£3.99)
Edith Borroff (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is a prominent musicologist and composer. She has taught at several universities and was professor of music at the State University of New York (Binghamton) for almost twenty years. Among her other books are The Music of the Baroque (1978), Music in Europe and the United States: A History (1990), and American Opera: A Checklist (1992).
An enjoyable overview text of the history of American music…for music history students and nonspecialist general readers alike…a superb choice as a classroom curriculum text, as well as a seminal addition to music department and community library Music History & Appreciation reference collections.
— Library Bookwatch