Music of the Highest Class: Elitism and Populism in Antebellum Boston

by Michael Broyles

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Examines the duality in American musical culture of classical music and vernacular music. Broyles traces its origins to early 19th-century Boston and seeks to show how specifically American forces gave it a different profile from similar developments in Europe.
  • ISBN10 0300054955
  • ISBN13 9780300054958
  • Publish Date 25 November 1992
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 22 September 2006
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Yale University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 384
  • Language English