An Anthology of Music in
Early Florida
by Wiley
L. Housewright
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Life in early Florida hummed to
a rich treasury of music, collected here for the first
time by the foremost authority on the subject.
With lively and little-known stories about much of the
music,
Wiley Housewright presents 120 scores of songs heard
between 1565 and 1865, from the first permanent
settlement in the state to the last battle of the Civil
War, all printed in an easy-to-read format suitable for
performance today.
The selections include sentimental old favorites like
"Beautiful Dreamer" and "Listen to the
Mockingbird" as well as less familiar
music--"Cow Creek Hunting Song," a Native
American piece, or "Balendalloch's Dream," the
fiddle tune named after Governor
James Grant's Scottish castle. Rowdy, solemn, and
romantic, they include music sung by priests, stevedores,
plantation owners, hardscrabble farmers, dock hands
loading cotton, and the immigrants who poured into
Florida from France, Spain, Great Britain, Greece, Italy,
the Canaries, Minorca, and from other states of the young
American nation.
This anthology will be welcomed by performers, music
teachers
in all grades, readers interested in Florida culture and
history, and everyone whose foot starts tapping at the
sound of a polka.
Wiley L. Housewright, professor emeritus in the School of
Music
at Florida State University, is the author of A
History of Music and Dance in Florida. He has had
over fifty years of experience in
music as a teacher, conductor, and musical director.
1999. 344pp. 7 X 10.
120 songs.
ISBN 0-8130-1654-1 Paper, $24.95
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"For performers, students, and teachers, this work offers a look at Florida's culture and history through music."--
Music Educators Journal
"An eclectic mixture that allows everyone to find something to enjoy. Housewright provides introductory background to each section. But the sheet music rightly governs this work and will fascinate historians as well as musicians."
-- Florida Historical Quarterly
"Professor Housewright's
compilation of music as practiced in
early Florida is of national significance. He ably
demonstrates
how a repertory, much of it international in scope, has
been used in the context of a particular region. His work
is a model for other American music historians to
follow."--William K. Kearns, professor emeritus of music, University of Colorado
"Florida is now a state like no other insofar as its
music history is concerned. Professor Housewright has
created an excellent model for scholars in the other
forty-nine to emulate. . . . It will not be an easy
task."--George N. Heller, University of
Kansas
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