Strong on Music: The New York Music Scene in the Days of George Templeton Strong, Volume 2: Reverberations, 1850-1856

by Vera Brodsky Lawrence

Book Overview

In this second volume of Strong on Music, Vera Brodsky Lawrence carries into the 1850s her landmark account of the nineteenth-century New York music scene. Using music entries from George Templeton Strong's famous journals--most published here for the first time--as a point of departure, Lawrence provides a vivid portrait of a vibrant musical culture.

Each chapter presents one year in the musical life of New York City, with Lawrence's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226470113
• ISBN13: 9780226470115
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 886 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.7" x 9.4"