Series Editor: Prof. John Graziano
Pendragon Press is pleased to announce a new series of books dealing with the American musical experience. This will be a peer-reviewed series under the General Editorship of John Graziano. Its scope will encompass all aspects of American music, including the investigation of performers, composers, venues, social contexts, ethnic backgrounds, and reception history.
During the nineteenth century, the United States became a melting pot of cultures, each with their own ethnic strand of music. The combination of these varied sounds and styles resulted in a musical mélange that Americans, as well as other groups, have and still enjoy. From the Puritan plain song to the electronic intricacy, from Trajetta, MacDowell, Foster and Beach to Glass, Perle, Del Tredici and Crumb, from Boston’s Haydn and Handel Society to the Kronos Quartet, from the churches of early Virginia to the rehearsal halls of Tanglewood, the stories are countless and fascinating.
