Contemporary American Composers - Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present - Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and - Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an - Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and - Compositions

Project Gutenberg's Contemporary American Composers, by Rupert HughesThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Contemporary American ComposersBeing a Study of the Music of This Country, Its PresentConditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates andBiographies of the Principal Living Composers; and anAbundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, andCompositionsAuthor: Rupert HughesRelease Date: December 10, 2007 [EBook #23800]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN COMPOSERS ***Produced by David Newman, Jeffrey Johnson, Suzanne Lybarger,Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed ProofreadingTeam at http://www.pgdp.netTranscriber's NotesPrinter errors have been corrected.Full-page illustrations have been moved so as not to interrupt the flow of the text; some pagenumbers are skipped as a result.Midi files have been provided for all music illustrations except autographs and the handwrittenmanuscript score of Salammbô. Click on the [Listen] link to hear the music. Lyrics within themusic illustrations have been transcribed and placed below the notation image.ContemporaryAmerican ComposersBEING A STUDY OF THE MUSIC OF THIS COUNTRY, ITS PRESENTCONDITIONS AND ITS FUTURE, WITH CRITICAL ESTIMATES ...