Anthology of Early American Key Board Music 1787-1830

These 36 keyboard compositions are by 24 composers including William Brown, Benjamin Carr, James Hewitt, Rayner Taylor, Charles Gilbert, Arthur Clifton, Anthony Philip Heinrich, Oliver Shaw, and others. Newly edited from the original editions or manuscripts, this anthology offers an overview of the remarkably large production in early America of sonatas, rondos, medleys, variation sets, marches and dances, and programmatic pieces.