George Frederick Bristow

by Katherine K. Preston

Book Overview

As American classical music struggled for recognition in the mid-nineteenth century, George Frederick Bristow emerged as one of its most energetic champions and practitioners. Katherine K. Preston explores the life and works of a figure admired in his own time and credited today with producing the first American grand opera and composing important works that ranged from oratorios to symphonies to chamber music. Preston reveals Bristow's passion for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252085329
• ISBN13: 9780252085321
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"