Bound for America: Three British Composers

by Nicholas Temperley

Nicholas Temperley documents the lives, careers, and music of three British composers who emigrated from England in mid-career and became leaders in the musical life of Federal-era America. William Selby of London and Boston (1738-98), Rayner Taylor of London and Philadelphia (1745-1825), and George K. Jackson of London, New York, and Boston (1757-1822) were among the first trained professional composers to make their homes in America and to pioneer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252075951
• ISBN13: 9780252075957
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"