| Series |
Detroit monographs in musicology/Studies in music ; no. 17
Detroit monographs in musicology/Studies in music ; no. 17. ^A281112
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| Contents |
Part 1: Scenes from childhood. Family ties ; Childhood ; Cambridge ; Cambridge social life ; Zina Fay Peirce: emerging role model for Amy -- Part 2: Music study in Germany. Beginnings in Germany ; Piano in musical life ; Tausig's conservatory ; Two personal crises ; Interlude ; With Kullak ; Liszt ; With Deppe -- Part 3: Celebrity -- Part 4: The windy city. Fraternal affiliations ; The Chicago beat ; Amy Fay's Chicago career begins ; The "Book of the age" ; "A good lead": the piano conversation ; Amy Fay and the ladies of the club ; The summer of 1885: with Liszt again ; Wedding bells in the family -- Part 5: New York City. Woman of words ; Conclusion -- Appendices. "How to practice" ; "The Deppe system vindicated" ; "The Royal Conservatory of Brussels" ; "Expression in piano playing" ; "The amateur musical clubs" ; "Some suggestions" ; "Women and music" ; "Music in New York" ; "The woman music teacher in a large city" ; "Women and the music teachers' [National] Association" ; "From Beethoven to Liszt" ; "Extracts from a biographical sketch" ; Printing history of Music-Study in Germany. |
| Abstract |
A biography of Amy Fay (1844-1928), a performer, educator, lecturer, writer, and clubwoman who helped shape the budding culture of the US at the turn of the century. After studying with Franz Liszt she returned to the US and quickly became renowned as a musical activist. Later in life she was a champion of women's rights and advancement. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-186) and index. |
| LCCN | 95010196 |
| ISBN | 0899900747 |
