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OverviewJohn Sullivan Dwight (1813-93) was, for much of the nineteenth century, America's leading music critic. Born into a musical family and educated at several premier Boston schools, he fell under the spell of New England Transcendentalism and befriended Ralph Waldo Emerson, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, Margaret Fuller, George Ripley, and others of a similarly progressive mindset. Dwight resided at the socialist/utopian community of Brook Farm where he learned the art of journalism and wrote on many topics--Transcendentalism, of course, but especially on music and musical performance. After the demise of Brook Farm and several years as a journeyman writer, Dwight launched Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature in 1852. It was a newspaper that firmly established him as a serious music critic and in its time spoke to America's growing appetite for art music. By charting Dwight's relationships with other writers, musicians, and thinkers, as well as his evolution into a powerful and persuasive writer in his own right, this book situates his story in its nineteenth century and Transcendental contexts and provides the first thorough account of music and the arts at Brook Farm. Dwight's enormous body of essays, reviews, translations, correspondence, and other various writings are illuminated in this biography and reveal the indelible influence Dwight's Journal had on music criticism--the impacts of which resonate today. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bill F. Faucett (Director of Development at the Center of the Arts, Director of Development at the Center of the Arts, University of South Florida)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 16.50cm Weight: 0.635kg ISBN: 9780197684184ISBN 10: 0197684181 Pages: 376 Publication Date: 21 August 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe subject comes vividly to life through careful contextualization but is not reduced to context or explained by context. * Anne Davenport, Boston Musical Intelligencer * This book finally offers an answer to the question of who this Dwight of Dwight's Journal really was. Constituting the last word on John Sullivan Dwight, this book will interest those in music and/or American studies. * Choice * The subject comes vividly to life through careful contextualization but is not reduced to context or explained by context. * Anne Davenport, Boston Musical Intelligencer * Author InformationBill F. Faucett is the author of Music in Boston: Composers, Events, and Ideas, 1852-1918 and George Whitefield Chadwick: The Life and Music of The Pride of New England, among other volumes. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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