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 1967

Bellows, George Kent
Howard, John Tasker
A short history of music in America
By John Tasker Howard and George Kent Bellows
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1967, 496 p.


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  Antheil, George Johann Carl (b. 1900 d. 1959)   composer, musicisti
  Bacon, Ernst (b. 1898 d. 1990)   composer, conductor
  Barber, Samuel (b. 1910 d. 1981)   baritone, composer
  Bauer, Marion (b. 1887 d. 1955)   composer, teacher
  Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney (b. 1867 d. 1944)   piano, composer
  Becker, John Joseph (b. 1886 d. 1961)   composer
  Berger, Arthur Victor (b. 1912)   composer, critic
  Bergsma, William Laurence (b. 1921)   composer, teacher
  Berlin, Irving (b. 1888 d. 1989)   cast, composer
  Bernstein, Leonard (b. 1918 d. 1990)   composer, conductor
  Billings, William (b. 1746 d. 1800)   composer
  Blitzstein, Marc (b. 1905 d. 1964)   author, cast
  Bloch, Ernest (b. 1880)   composer, compositore
  Bowles, Paul Frederic (b. 1910)   composer, writer
  Brant, Henry Dreyfus (b. 1913)   composer
  Bristow, George Frederick (b. 1825 d. 1898)   composer, professor
  Buck, Dudley (b. 1839 d. 1909)   composer, organ
  Bull, Ole Bornemann (b. 1810)   violin, Violinvirtuos
  Cadman, Charles Wakefield (b. 1881 d. 1946)   composer, piano
  Cage, John (b. 1912 d. 1992)   composer, direttore d'orchestra
  Carpenter, John Alden (b. 1876 d. 1951)   composer
  Carr, Benjamin (b. 1768 d. 1831)   publisher, composer
  Chadwick, George Whitefield (b. 1854 d. 1931)   composer, teacher
  Cohan, George M. [George Michael] (b. 1878 d. 1942)   author, cast
  Converse, Frederick Shepherd (b. 1871 d. 1940)   composer, teacher
  Copland, Aaron (b. 1900)   composer, Dirigent
  Cowell, Henry (Dixon) (b. 1897 d. 1965)   composer, Komposition
  Creston, Paul (b. 1906 d. 1985)   composer, musicisti
  Damrosch, Leopold (b. 1832 d. 1885)   violin, conductor
  Damrosch, Walter (Johannes) (b. 1862 d. 1950)   composer, conductor
  De Koven, Reginald [Henry Louis Reginald] (b. 1859 d. 1920)   composer, conductor
  De Mille, Agnes (George) (b. 1909)   choreographer, coreografo
  Dello Joio, Norman (b. 1913)   composer, piano
  Diamond, David (Leo) (b. 1915)   composer, musicisti
  Dvorak, Antonin (b. 1841)   composer, compositore
  Elwell, Herbert (b. 1898 d. 1974)   composer, critic
  Farwell, Arthur (b. 1872 d. 1952)   composer, critic
  Foote, Arthur William (b. 1853 d. 1937)   composer
  Foss, Lukas (b. 1922 a. 1937)   composer, conductor
  Foster, Stephen Collins (b. 1826 d. 1864)   bass guitar, composer
  Franklin, Benjamin (b. 1706 d. 1790)   author, statesman
  Friml, Rudolf [Charles Rudolph] (b. 1879 d. 1972)   composer, librettist
  Fry, William Henry (b. 1813 d. 1864)   composer, critic
  Gershwin, George (b. 1898)   author, cast
  Giannini, Vittorio (b. 1903 d. 1966)   composer
  Gilbert, Henry Franklin Belknap (b. 1868 d. 1928)   composer
  Gilchrist, William Wallace (b. 1846 d. 1916)   church organist, composer
  Gillis, Don (b. 1912 d. 1978)   piano, trumpeter
  Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield (b. 1829 d. 1892)   bandmaster, impresario
  Gleason, Frederick Grant (b. 1848 d. 1903)   composer, organ
  Goeb, Roger (b. 1914)   composer
  Goldman, Edwin Franko (b. 1878 d. 1956)   conductor, composer
  Goldmark, Rubin (b. 1872 d. 1936)   composer, educator
  Goodman, Benny [Benjamin David] (b. 1909 d. 1986)   alto saxophone, cast
  Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (b. 1829 d. 1869)   composer, musicisti
  Gould, Morton (b. 1913)   composer, conductor
  Graham, Martha (b. 1894 d. 1991)   dancer, choreographer
  Grainger, Percy (Aldridge) (b. 1882 d. 1961)   composer, Klavier
  Graupner, Gottlieb [Johann Christian Gottlieb] (b. 1767 d. 1836)   teacher, publisher
  Green, Ray Burns (b. 1908)   composer, publisher
  Griffes, Charles Tomlinson (b. 1884 d. 1920)   composer, musicisti
  Grofe, Ferde (b. 1892 d. 1972)   composer, musicisti
  Gruenberg, Louis (b. 1884 d. 1964)   composer, compositore
  Hadley, Henry (Kimball) (b. 1871 d. 1937)   composer, conductor
  Hagen, Peter Albrecht (b. 1755 d. 1803)   musician
  Hagen, Peter Albrecht (b. -1781 d. 1837)   musician
  Haieff, Alexei (b. 1914 a. 1931)   composer
  Hanson, Howard (Harold) (b. 1896 d. 1981)   composer, conductor
  Harris, Roy (b. 1898 d. 1979)   composer, musicisti
  Heinrich, Anthony Philip (b. 1781 d. 1861 a. 1823-1825)   composer, Musiker
  Herbert, Victor (August) (b. 1859 d. 1924)   composer, conductor
  Hewitt, James (b. 1770 d. 1827)   conductor, composer
  Hewitt, John Hill (b. 1801 d. 1890)   composer, poet
  Hill, Edward Burlingame (b. 1872 d. 1960)   composer, musician
  Hopkinson, Francis (b. 1737 d. 1791)   statesman, musician
  Horn, Charles Edward (b. 1786 d. 1849 a. 1827)   composer, singer
  Hovhaness, Alan (b. 1911)   composer, piano
  Howe, Mary Alberta Bruce (b. 1882 d. 1964)   composer, piano
  Ives, Charles Edward (b. 1874 d. 1954)   composer, Komposition
  James, Philip (Frederick Wright) (b. 1890 d. 1975)   composer, music director
  Jullien, Louis (George Maurice Adolphe Roch Albert Abel Ant (b. 1812 d. 1860 a. 1842-1845)   conductor, composer
  Kay, Ulysses (Simpson) (b. 1917 d. 1995)   composer
  Kelley, Edgar Stillman (b. 1857 d. 1944)   organ, composer
  Kern, Jerome (David) (b. 1885 d. 1945)   cast, composer
  Kerr, Harrison (b. 1897 d. 1978)   composer
  Koussevitzky, Sergey (Alexandrovich) (b. 1874 d. 1951)   conductor, Dirigent
  Lanier, Sidney (Clopton) (b. 1842 d. 1881)   poet, theorist
  Law, Andrew (b. 1749 d. 1821)   teacher of singing, tunebook compiler
  Lee, Dai-Keong (b. 1915)   composer
  Lind, Jenny (b. 1820 d. 1887)   sangerinde, sopran
  Loeffler, Charles Martin (b. 1861 d. 1935)   composer, violin
  Luening, Otto (Clarence) (b. 1900)   composer, teacher
  Lyon, James (b. 1735 d. 1794)   composer, tunebook compiler
  Macdowell, Edward (Alexander) (b. 1860 d. 1908)   composer, piano
  Mapleson, James Henry (b. 1830 d. 1901)   singer, violin
  Mason, Daniel Gregory (b. 1873 d. 1953)   composer, writer on music
  Mason, Lowell (b. 1792 d. 1872)   composer, anthologist
  Mason, William (b. 1829 d. 1908)   piano, teacher
  McBride, Robert (Guyn) (b. 1911)   composer, instrumentalist
  Mennin, Peter (b. 1923 d. 1983)   composer, teacher
  Menotti, Gian Carlo (b. 1911)   composer, conductor
  Moore, Douglas Stuart (b. 1893 d. 1969)   composer, teacher
  Nevin, Arthur (Finlay) (b. 1871 d. 1943)   composer, music educator
  Nordoff, Paul (b. 1909 d. 1977)   composer, music therapist
  Paine, John Knowles (b. 1839 d. 1906)   composer, teacher
  Palmer, Robert (Moffat) (b. 1915)   composer, teacher
  Parker, Horatio (William) (b. 1863 d. 1919)   composer, music educator
  Peabody, George (b. 1795 d. 1869)   philanthropist
  Persichetti, Vincent (b. 1915 d. 1987)   composer, piano
  Phillips, Burrill (b. 1907 d. 1988)   composer, music educator
  Piston, Walter (Hamor) (b. 1894 d. 1976)   composer, musicisti
  Porter, Cole (Albert) (b. 1891 d. 1964)   cast, composer
  Porter, Quincy [William Quincy] (b. 1897 d. 1966)   cello, composer
  Powell, John (b. 1882 d. 1963)   piano, composer
  Read, Gardner (b. 1913)   writer, composer
  Reinagle, Alexander (b. 1756 d. 1809)   composer, piano
  Riegger, Wallingford (b. 1885 d. 1961)   composer
  Robbins, Jerome (b. 1918)   cast, choreographer
  Rodgers, Richard (Charles) (b. 1902 d. 1979)   cast, composer
  Rogers, Bernard (b. 1893 d. 1968)   composer, teacher
  Romberg, Sigmund (b. 1887 d. 1951)   cast, composer
  Ruggles, Carl (Sprague) (b. 1876 d. 1971)   cast, composer
  Russell, Henry (b. 1812 d. 1900)   composer, piano
  Salzedo, Carlos (Leon) (b. 1885 d. 1961)   harp, composer
  Schelling, Ernest Henry (b. 1876 d. 1939)   Klavier, pianiste
  Schuman, William (Howard) (b. 1910 d. 1992)   composer, conductor
  Selby, William (b. 1738 d. 1798)   composer, organ
  Sessions, Roger (Huntington) (b. 1896 d. 1985)   composer, piano
  Shapero, Harold (Samuel) (b. 1920)   composer, teacher
  Shepherd, Arthur (b. 1880 d. 1958)   composer, piano
  Siegmeister, Elie (b. 1909 d. 1991)   composer, dance arranger
  Skilton, Charles Sanford (b. 1868 d. 1941)   composer, musician
  Smith, David Stanley (b. 1877 d. 1949)   conductor, composer
  Sousa, John Philip (b. 1854 d. 1932)   additional Music, cast
  Sowerby, Leo (b. 1895 d. 1968)   composer, Klavier
  Still, William Grant (b. 1895 d. 1978)   arranger, composer
  Stokowski, Leopold (Anthony) (b. 1882 d. 1977)   cast, conductor
  Stravinsky, Igor (Fyodorovich) (b. 1882 d. 1971)   composer, compositore
  Swanson, Howard (b. 1907 d. 1978)   composer
  Taylor, Deems [Joseph Deems] (b. 1885 d. 1966)   cast, composer
  Taylor, Rayner (b. 1747 d. 1825)   composer, organ
  Thomas, Theodore (Christian Friedrich) (b. 1835 d. 1905)   conductor, musician
  Thompson, Randall (b. 1899 d. 1984)   composer, musicisti
  Thomson, Virgil (Garnett) (b. 1896 d. 1989)   composer, musicisti
  Toscanini, Arturo (b. 1867 d. 1957)   cello, chef d'orchestre
  Tuckey, William (b. 1708 d. 1781)   teacher of singing, composer
  Varese, Edgard [Edgar] (Victor Achille Charles) (b. 1883 d. 1965)   composer, fire sirens
  Wagenaar, Bernard (b. 1894 d. 1971 a. 1920)   composer, conductor
  Ward, Robert (Eugene) (b. 1917)   composer, teacher
  Weber, Ben (William Jennings Bryan) (b. 1916 d. 1979)   composer, teacher
  Weisgall, Hugo (David) (b. 1912)   composer

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