John Sullivan Dwight, Brook-Farmer, Editor, and Critic of Music

Excerpt from John Sullivan Dwight, Brook-Farmer, Editor, and Critic of Music: A Biography So important was Dwigkt's connection witk tbc development of musical interest and taste in Boston tkat it was desirable some account of kis work for music skould be given to tke public. His journal of Music was a pioneer in its ckosen field, and ke made it an educational power in securing a just recogni tion of tke claims of music as an art. He was inti mately identified witk almost every movement made in bekatf of music for nearly a kalf-century in tko city of kis birtk, and tke kistory of tkat art in Boston cannot be written witkout tke frequent use of kis name. In kis time every one looked to kim for tke rig/ct interpretation of music, and musicians trusted kim as sincerely as did tke general public. His work was tkerefore unique, and never likely to be repeated on tke part of any interpreter of music. He was a fit man for tbc time, tkat time wken music was securing its public, wken musical culture was finding its opportunity, and wken a man of lit erary skill was needed wko could mediate between tke art and tke public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.