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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)
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)
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 |