"Professor Housewright's compilation of music as practiced in early Florida is of national significance. He ably demonstrates how a repertory, much of it international in scope, has been used in the context of a particular region. His work is a model for other American music historians to follow."--William K. Kearns, professor emeritus of music, University of Colorado

"Florida is now a state like no other insofar as its music history is concerned. Professor Housewright has created an excellent model for scholars in the other forty-nine to emulate. . . . It will not be an easy...