Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-358) and index.
Contents
Cosmopolitan and provincial : American musical historiography -- Professions and patronage I : teaching and composing -- Professions and patronage II : performing -- William Billings (1746-1800) and American psalmody : a study of musical dissemination -- George Frederick Root (1820-1895) and American vocal music -- Duke Ellington (1899-1974) and his orchestra -- George Gershwin's "I got rhythm" (1930).