Title: Augusta Browne : composer and woman of letters in nineteenth-century America /
Authors: Miller, Bonny H.
Year: 2020
Subjects: Browne, Augusta; Browne, Augusta; Women composers United States Biography.; Composers United States Biography; Music United States History and criticism; Composers; Music; Women composers; United States
Abstract: "The first comprehensive biography of any American woman musician born before the Civil War brings to life a composer whose story is both old-fashioned and strikingly modern"--
Contents: First Steps -- Apprentice in a Family Music Business -- Philadelphia Debut -- A Young Professor of Music -- A New Leaf -- Her Own Woman -- Courtship and Consequences -- Pilgrim in Progress -- "Glad Fruition" -- Legacy in Music -- Legacy in Literature -- Contributions to Music Journalism -- A Legacy Written into History -- Appendixes: 1. Children and Descendants of David Samuel Browne and Elizabeth Montgomery Browne -- 2. Chronology of Augusta Browne's Music and Letters -- 3. List of Musical Works -- 4. Selected Glossary