Title: Essays before a sonata
Subjects: Music, Addresses, essays, lectures, Alcott family, History and criticism, American literature, Emerson, ralph waldo, 1803-1882, Music, history and criticism, Hawthorne, nathaniel, 1804-1864, Thoreau, henry david, 1817-1862
People: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), Alcott family, Charles Ives (1874-1954)