Gems of Exquisite Beauty : How Hymnody Carried Classical Music To America.

Prior to the Civil War, editors of American hymnodies borrowed countless melodies from European classical music. This book tells the story of the rise and fall of this practice. With an introduction, two appendices, notes, bibliography, and index. Music examples.

xi, 385 p.; 24 cm.
Cloth

Language: English
ISBN: 0190842792
ISBN13: 9780190842796