Historical, biographical and editorial notes on pages ix-xxxviii.
Bibliography
Bibliography and suggested reading: pages 469-478.
Note
Includes index to composers and musical works.
Contents
Early concert music: Composers born 1820-50 -- Some women of the early period -- Boston classicists: Composers active in New England -- Contemporaries of the Boston classicists -- The early twentieth century: American folklore -- more women -- Into the twentieth century: Descriptive music and rags -- Ragtime.