The American musical landscape : the business of musicianship from Billings to Gershwin /
Crawford, Richard,1935-
Berkeley ; London : University of California Press,
2000.
Updated edition with a new preface.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-358) and index.
Cosmopolitan and provincial : American musical historiography -- Professions and patronage I : teaching and composing -- Professions and patronage II : performing -- William Billings (1746-1800) and American psalmody : a study of musical dissemination -- George Frederick Root (1820-1895) and American vocal music -- Duke Ellington (1899-1974) and his orchestra -- George Gershwin's "I got rhythm" (1930).
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