Introd. includes biographical sketches of the composers.
Series index in v. 12.
Includes bibliographical references, bibliography of the musical works, and indexes.
Early concert music : composers born 1820-50: The battle of Manassas ; Sewing song / Blind Tom (Thomas Bethune) -- Impromptu,op. 76 / George Frederick Bristow -- Scherzo-caprice, op. 14 / Dudley Buck, Jr. -- Nocturne / William Wallace Gilchrist -- Columbia : Caprice américain, op. 34 ; Huitième ballade, op. 90 (op. posth.) / Louis Moreau Gottschalk -- Rœverie poètique, op. 24 ; Improvisation., op. 51 / William Mason ; Black crook waltzes / Joseph Noll, arr
Some women of the early period: Marche brillante / Faustina Hasse Hodges -- Le diamant : polka brillante, op. 7 / Adele Hohnstock -- May breeze : variations brillante / Eliza Pattiani -- Scherzo, op. 32 / Clara Kathleen Rogers -- Twilight fancies / Clara Scott -- La favorite : etude mazurka / Jane Sloman
Boston classicists : composers active in New England: La fée de la fontaine, op. 65, no. 1 ; Le prince gracieux, op. 65, no. 2 ; Valse amoureuse, op. 65, no. 3 / Amy Marcy Cheney (Mrs. H.H.A.) Beach -- Prélude joyeux ; Le ruisseau / George Whitefield Chadwick -- Prélude étude, op. 37 no. 1 ; Revery, op. 60, no. 1 / Arthur Foote -- Dance, op. 25, no. 1 ; Impromptu, op. 25, no. 3 / John Knowles Paine -- Valse gracile, op. 49, no. 3 / Horatio W. Parker -- Concert etude, op. 5 / Arthur Whiting
Contemporaries of the Boston classicists: Appassionato, op. 33, no. 2 / Arthur Bird -- On the Promenade ; Punchinello / Victor Herbert -- Waldfahrt = In the forest, op. 39, no. 3 ; Romance, op. 39, no. 3 / Edward A. MacDowell -- Impromptu, op. 3, no. 2 / Daniel Gregory Mason -- Notturno, op. 21, no. 2 ; La pastorella, op. 21, no. 6 / Ethelbert Nevin
The early twentieth century : American folklore: Fugue, op. 12, no. 1 / Frederic Ayres -- Monologue / John Parsons Beach -- Melody in G-flat ; The pompadour's fan, op. 47, no. 3 / Charles Wakefield Cadman -- Nocturne / John Alden Carpenter -- Finale, op. 2, no. 4 / Frederick Shepherd Converse -- American Indian melodies / Arthur Farwell -- Ola : Sérénade-impromptu, op. 3 / Silas Gamaliel Pratt
More women: Valse bohœme, op. 10 / Celeste Heckscher -- Gavotte ; Sundown / Helen Hopekirk -- Reverie / Carrie Jacobs-Bond -- Meditation, op. 26 / Margaret Ruthven Lang -- Staccato polka / Clara Gottschalk Peterson
Into the twentieth century : descriptive music and rags: The Beta militaire schottische / J.C. Capron -- Montauk waltzes / William H. Fry -- Velocipede gallop / E. Mack -- Funeral march / Father V. De Marzi -- The circus parade / E.T. Paull -- Telephone galop / H.H. Thiele -- The Gettysburg march / Septimus Winner
Ragtime: Dusty / May Aufderheide -- Colored aristocracy cakewalk / Gus. W. Bernard -- The cauldron rag / Axel Christensen -- Carpet rags / Raymond W. Conner -- Smoky mokes / Abraham (Abe) Holzmann -- Phoebe Thompson's cake walk / Sadie Koninsky -- At a Georgia campmeeting / Frederick Allen (Kerry) Mills -- Hoosier rag / Julia L. Niebergall -- Grace and beauty / James Scott -- Pickles and peppers / Adaline Shepherd -- The St. Louis rag / Tom Turpin -- Peaches and cream / Percy Wenrich