John Sullivan Dwight: The Life and Writings of Boston's Musical Transcendentalist - Faucett, Bill F. (Director of Development at the Center of the Arts, Director of Development at the Center of the Arts, University of South Florida) - Books - Oxford University Press Inc - 9780197684184 - August 21, 2023
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John Sullivan Dwight: The Life and Writings of Boston's Musical Transcendentalist


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John Sullivan Dwight (1813-93) was, for much of the nineteenth century, America's leading music critic and an important figure among New England Transcendentalists. This biography charts his relationships with other writers and thinkers, as well as his evolution into a powerful and persuasive writer, while situating his story in its nineteenth century and Transcendental contexts. Dwight's enormous body of essays, reviews, and translations are illuminated in thisbiography and reveal the indelible influence that his newspaper, Dwight's Journal of Music, had on music criticismâ€â€the impacts of which still resonate today.


376 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released August 21, 2023
ISBN13 9780197684184
Publishers Oxford University Press Inc
Pages 376
Dimensions 243 × 162 × 30 mm   ·   640 g
Language English  

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