Gems of Exquisite Beauty

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Gems of Exquisite Beauty is written by Peter Mercer-Taylor and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0190842814 (ISBN 10) and 9780190842819 (ISBN 13).

In the antebellum period, most Americans first encountered European classical music through hundreds of hymn tunes that tapped into classical melodies. This book is the first in-depth study of the rise and fall of these popular, but largely overlooked, adaptations and their place in nineteenth-century American musical life.