Shedding light on three immigrant composers in an overlooked period of American music
Nicholas Temperley is a professor emeritus of musicology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of The Music of the English Parish Church, Haydn: The Creation, The Hymn Tune Index, and other books.
"A fascinating account of what happens when minor musicians are
transplanted from routine careers in their native land to a New
World fertile with opportunities for music-making. . . . The value
of Bound for America not only as a work of first-rate
scholarship but also as 'a good read' is clear."--Music and
Letter
"Through fastidious research, a knack for objective and yet
sympathetic criticism, and an intimate knowledge of the conventions
of British as well as Federal-era American society, Temperley has
drawn well-balanced and detailed profiles . . . . Selby, Taylor,
and Jackson have thus become, somehow, more
American."--Nineteenth-Century Music Review
"Temperley's study demonstrates what can be accomplished when
traditional scholarly methods are applied with creativity,
restraint, and elegance. . . . Temperley's careful analysis of [the
composers'] careers and their music tells us much about a
relatively unexplored time in the history of American
music."--Eighteenth-Century Music
"A much-needed work, filled with detailed analysis and valuable
insights on the changes in style, acceptance, and cultural milieu
that early composers experienced when they crossed the Atlantic.
This revealing book will be an invaluable contribution to the
literature on American and British music."--Anne Dhu McLucas, past
president of the Society for American Music
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