Our American Music / 1947

By John Tasker Howard

Our American Music is an authoritative collection of American music from the colonial era to the present day. Its creator, John Tasker Howard, compiled songs, hymns, dance tunes, and other pieces from varying genres and eras, with over 500 recordings of the most iconic pieces. It offers an engaging account of American music's heritage.

Book: Good. Dust jacket: None. Dark blue cloth with a tweed design, with a gilt design of a harp on the front cover and a gilt title on the spine. The book covers and edges have shelf-wear. The gilt title on the spine is faded, and there is rubbing on the spine. The text block is top-stained red. The fore-edge, tail, and inner text-block are tanned. There is a little damp staining on the head of a few pages. The binding is cracked after the half-title and before the last page. There are a few dog ears on the last set of pages near the index.

Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell Company
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
Date Published: 1947
Number of pages: 841pp
Edition: Second Printing of the Third Edition