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Article: From Psalm to Symphony: A History of Music in New England. (Book Reviews: National Musics).
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From Psalm to Symphony: A History of Music in New England. By Nicholas E. Tawa. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2001. [xvi. 466 p. ISBN 155553-491-0. $35.] Illustrations, bibliography, index.
From Psalm to Symphony: A History of Music in New England is professor emeritus (University of Masssachusetts, Boston) Nicholas E. Tawa's latest addition to music literature. In this book, he surveys the contributions the six northeasternmost states have made to American musical culture, concentrating on the region's major art music composers and giving less space to the histories of organizations and institutions. The work is divided into fifteen chapters, the first ...