Article: Music in New York during the American Revolution: an inventory of musical references in Rivington's New York Gazette.

Boston: Music Library Association, 1987. (MLA Index and Bibliography Series 24 (xxix, 235 p. ISBN 0-914954-33-4). $15.00.

While the cultural life in most American towns diminished significantly during the Revolutionary War, that of New York flourished. New York was occupied by British forces during the entire period of the war, and the British commander, General Sir Henry Clinton, seemed at least as interested in attending musical entertainments as in pursuing the war. He brought with him a band of skilled musicians and encouraged civic normalcy, which included the performance of stage works and concerts -- a practice rarely found in other American towns of the ...

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