Henry F. Gilbert A Bio-Bibliography

Subjects:

• The Arts » Music (General)
• The Arts » Classical Music

Reviews:

• Among the first composers to refute German dominance of American music and propose a new path for a national idiom, Gilbert was a creative talent who saw indigenous music as a source for serious composition. Martin's biobibliography provides a guide to material about Gilbert, including the important collection of his papers at Yale....Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and higher.
  —Choice February 2005
• [S]herrill Martin has done a great service to anyone interested in the development of "serious" music in America with this bio-bibliography....[t]his work fills a major lacuna in American music bibliography and deserves a place in large academic and public libraries with substantial music collections.
  —Music Reference Services Quarterly 2005
• This fine addition to American music scholarship shows clarity, organization, accuracy, and thoroughness, the result of more than a decade of research....[t]hanks to the tireless scholarship of Sherill Martin, Gilbert's place in the history of American music and culture can receive serious if belated attention. Looking over this catalogue, one can see the image of an important composer whose life and works deserve more exposure....The chronicle of American music is still in the telling, and Martin's book adds a welcome voice to the story.
  —Fontes Artis Musicae 2007

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• List of Abbreviations
• Biography
• Works and Performances
• Discography
• General Bibliography
• Bibliography of Gilbert's Writings
• Bibliography of Works and Performances
• Appendix I: Alphabetical Listing of Compositions
• Appendix II: Gilbert's Sketchbooks
• Appendix III: Music by Others Arranged by Gilbert
• Index