Augusta Browne: Composer and Woman of Letters in Nineteenth-Century America

by Bonny H Miller

The first comprehensive biography of any American woman musician born before the Civil War brings to life a composer whose story is both old-fashioned and strikingly modern.

Honourable Mention, AMS H. Robert Cohen/RIPM Award

Augusta Browne's five-decade career in music and letters reveals a gifted composer and author. Hailed as "one of the most prolific women composers in the USA before 1870," Augusta Browne Garrett (c. 1820-1882) was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580469728
• ISBN13: 9781580469722
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 474 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"