George Whitefield Chadwick was one of the most prolific composers that the United States ever produced. During a career that spanned over 50 years, he was considered the Dean of American Composers from the 1880s until after World War I. He composed in nearly every genre, including opera/stage works (seven), orchestral music (17 major works), songs (over 100), and dozens of choral and chamber works. Chadwick benefited from numerous performances of his music--particularly by the Boston Symphony Orchestra--and many of his works were published during his lifetime. He was also considered one of...
George Whitefield Chadwick was one of the most prolific composers that the United States ever produced. During a career that spanned over 50 years,...
Music in Boston: Composers, Events, and Ideas, 1852-1918 is a history of the city's classical-music culture in the period that begins a decade before the American Civil War and extends to the close of the Great War. The book provides insights into the intellectual foundation of Boston's musical development as revealed in the writings of its significant critics and thinkers, including John Sullivan Dwight, John Knowles Paine, William Foster Apthorp, and others. It also examines the influence of outsiders--Patrick Gilmore, Theodore Thomas, Richard Wagner, New York's Metropolitan Opera, and...
Music in Boston: Composers, Events, and Ideas, 1852-1918 is a history of the city's classical-music culture in the period that begins a decade before ...
Chronicles the history of Florida State University's Marching Chiefs, from early efforts to form a band before the 1939 establishment of Florida State College for Women, to the Chiefs' attainment of "world renowned" status. The band's leaders, shows and music are discussed, along with the origins of some of their venerable traditions, game-day rituals and school songs.
Chronicles the history of Florida State University's Marching Chiefs, from early efforts to form a band before the 1939 establishment of Florida State...
