{"product_id":"cultivated-by-hand-amateur-musicians-in-the-early-american-republic-hardcover","title":"Cultivated by Hand: Amateur Musicians in the Early American Republic - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGlenda Goodman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScattered in archives and historical societies across the United States are hundreds of volumes of manuscript music, copied by hand by eighteenth-century amateurs. Often overlooked, amateur music making played a key role in the construction of gender, class, race, and nation in the post-revolution years of the United States. These early Americans, seeking ways to present themselves as genteel, erudite, and pious, saw copying music by hand and performing it in intimate social groups as a way to make themselves--and their new nation-appear culturally sophisticated. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing a select group of amateur musicians, \u003cem\u003eCultivated by Hand\u003c\/em\u003e makes the case that amateur music making was both consequential to American culture of the eighteenth century and aligned with other forms of self-fashioning. This interdisciplinary study explores the social and material practices of amateur music making, analyzing the materiality of manuscripts, tracing the lives of individual musicians, and uncovering their musical tastes and sensibilities. Author Glenda Goodman explores highly personal yet often denigrated experiences of musically \"accomplished\" female amateurs in particular, who grappled with finding a meaningful place in their lives for music. Revealing the presence of these unacknowledged subjects in music history, \u003cem\u003eCultivated by Hand\u003c\/em\u003e reclaims the importance of such work and presents a class of musicians whose labors should be taken into account.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlenda Goodman\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania who works on the history of music in early America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.4 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 27, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51792281927968,"sku":"9780190884901","price":167.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a86d8311e5a84933e7205dee9bbf119a.webp?v=1780697867","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cultivated-by-hand-amateur-musicians-in-the-early-american-republic-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}