Project Gutenberg 2009-08-08 Public domain in the USA. 159 Lahee, Henry Charles 1856 1953 Annals of Music in America: A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events Reading ease score: 67.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Bryan Ness, Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Annals of Music in America" by Henry C. Lahee is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work presents a chronological record of significant musical events in the United States, starting from the early 17th century and extending to modern times. This collection aims to document the evolution of music in America, detailing important occurrences such as early performances, the establishment of musical societies, and the introduction of notable composers. The opening of the book provides insight into music's rudimentary beginnings in America, highlighting that notable musical developments started within the early colonizing years. It chronicles events like the printing of the "Bay Psalm Book," which marks the first American book of sacred music, and the introduction of pipe organs. The text also mentions significant early musical activities, such as the first concerts and performances in colonial cities like Boston and Charleston, emphasizing the role of community in nurturing musical expression even during a time when music was still in its infancy in America. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Music -- United States -- History and criticism Music -- United States -- Chronology ML Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Music 673474 670251 2024-10-12T16:31:36.440114 2023-09-13T07:16:11.728100 text/html text/html 690593 2009-08-08T07:11:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 175190 2009-08-08T07:11:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 292431 2024-10-12T16:32:01.064971 application/epub+zip 302125 2024-10-12T16:31:46.066084 application/epub+zip 247381 2024-10-12T16:31:42.149071 application/epub+zip 725516 2024-10-12T16:32:07.572452 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 714149 2024-10-12T16:31:55.652007 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 518003 2022-09-13T16:21:21.560580 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 542890 2024-10-12T16:31:33.666120 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 542003 2009-08-08T07:10:58 text/plain; charset=utf-8 152677 2009-08-08T07:11:20 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 541617 2009-08-08T07:11:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 152352 2009-08-08T07:11:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 541744 2009-08-08T07:11:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 151739 2009-08-08T07:11:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22803 2024-10-12T16:32:07.732480 application/rdf+xml 26899 2024-10-12T16:31:42.797056 image/jpeg 4887 2024-10-12T16:31:42.478085 image/jpeg 281591 2024-10-12T16:31:36.481091 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia