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Title: Annals of Music in America
A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events

Author: Henry Charles Lahee

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Language: English

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ANNALS OF MUSIC IN AMERICA

_Annals of Music in America_

A CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF SIGNIFICANT
MUSICAL EVENTS, FROM 1640 TO THE PRESENT
DAY, WITH COMMENTS ON THE VARIOUS
PERIODS INTO WHICH THE WORK IS DIVIDED

BY

HENRY C. LAHEE

[Illustration]

BOSTON
MARSHALL JONES COMPANY
MDCCCCXXII

COPYRIGHT, 1922

BY MARSHALL JONES COMPANY

PRINTED OCTOBER, 1922

THE PLIMPTON PRESS . NORWOOD . MASSACHUSETTS

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

PREFACE

The object of this book is to give as complete a record as possible of
the beginning and progress of music in the United States of America.

The first things recorded are regarded as important. Hence such items as
t