The work of internationally recognized scholarship, this set of volumes was produced by the Colonial Dames of America under the leadership of Mrs. Alvin A. Parker, Miss M. Atherton Leach, and Miss Martha B. Newkirk. In historical exactitude, documentary substantiation, bibliographical precision, enlightened illustration, and painstaking book production they leave nothing to be desired. Known and cited by all scholars in the field, they are the work of, among others, Oscar Sonneck, Albert Rau, Howard Kriebel, Carl Engel, Ernest Spofford, Jean Beck, Harold Spivacke, and William Lichtenwanger. Unique and comprehensive, they belong in every library claiming coverage of the history of American music.
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250 illustrations & facsimiles
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978-0-404-08090-7 (9780404080907)
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VOL. 1: The Coming of the Sects to Pennsylvania. Johannes Kelpius. Christopher Witt. Kelpius's hymn book (facsimile reproduction, pp. 21-165). Julius Falckner. Swedish church music, organs and bells. American Indian music. Illustrations: 31 in addition to the Kelpius; facsimiles, plates, portraits. Bibliography. Index.; VOL. 2: Francis Daniel Pastorius and the Beginnings of the German Sectaries at Germantown. The Mennonites and Dunkers. Ephrata and the cloister music. The Schwenkfelders. The Moravian contribution. Illustrations: 68 facsimiles, plates, portraits.; VOL. 3, Part 1: Backgrounds of English Musical Life in Pennsylvania and Other American Colonies. English secular music. Public concerts in England. Rise of English music in the colonies. Tony Aston. The Fool's Opera. Notes on the antecedents of The Beggar's Opera. James Ralph. The Fashionable Lady; or, the Harlequin's Opera. John Gay: The Beggar's Opera; influence and accomplishments. Ballad opera successors.; VOL. 3, Part 2: Music of the Episcopal Church in Pennsylvania in the Eighteenth Century. Lutheran and Reformed hymnody. Roman Catholic music. Jewish music. Welsh music. Ballad opera in Philadelphia. Frances Hopkinson: first poet-composer. Benjamin Franklin on music. Freemasonry. Philadelphia dancing assemblies. The Mischianza. Illustrations: 158 in both parts; facsimiles, plates, portraits. Bibliography. Index.
