A History of Music and Dance in Florida, 1565-1865

by Wiley L. Housewright

Book Overview

This elegant volume is the first to chronicle Florida's aboriginal
and European music and dance from the South's earliest permanent settlement
to the end of the Civil War.

Floridians and non-Floridians have often dismissed the state's musical
heritage as beginning and ending with Stephen Foster's "Swanee River
(Old Folks at Home)." For this volume, music scholar Wiley L. Housewright
draws on documents of cultural history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817309365
• ISBN13: 9780817309367
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.7" x 8.8"