Wanderjahre of a Revolutionist and Other Essays on American Music

by Arthur Farwell

Book Overview

Selected autobiographical and critical essays by the important early 20c American composer/campaigner Arthur Farwell: a major narrative of American musical life c.1900.

Arthur Farwell was the great apostle of American music. He published works by American composers in his Wa-Wan Press, he lectured widely on the need to develop a national style, and he spearheaded the American Music Society's drive to promote the country's composers. The twenty-year...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1878822489
• ISBN13: 9781878822482
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"