Music: How It Came to Be What It Is

by Hannah Whitall Smith

Book Overview

Hannah Smith (1849-1939) was a composer for children and an educator. In 1903 she published the popular Founders of Music, a series of biographical sketches of composers written for children. Written in 1898, when Wagner had been dead for only fifteen years, this is a concise history of music and instruments, aimed at the enthusiast. Covering broad subjects rather than concentrating on a few composers, Smith discusses not just the development of musical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108038816
• ISBN13: 9781108038812
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"