List of Illustrations xi
List of Tables xiii
Preface xv
Foreword xix
George N. Heller
PART 1 - People and Events Before the Twentieth Century 1
INTRODUCTION 3
Carolyn Livingston
1 Traditional Music of the Indians of Rhode Island and Related Tribes 9
Rodney J. Caron
2 Charles Theodore Pachelbel and His Tenure as Organist at Newport’s Trinity Church 23
Raymond Perry
3 William Billings: His Time in Rhode Island 37
Gregory E. Arsenault
4 Newport Gardner: The First African American Music Educator 47
Daniel S. Reynolds
5 Andrew Law: American Tunesmith 57
Antonio Grelle
6 Oliver Shaw: A Musician for His Time 69
Judith Deniston Falconer
7 Scottish Music in Rhode Island from the Highland Clearances to the Present 87
Fiona J. McIntosh
8 Eben Tourjée: Early National Leader in Music Education 99
James Manning
9 The American Band of Providence, 1837 to the Present 109
Aaron Weitekamp
10 David Wallis Reeves: Father of American Band Music 121
Robin Murphy
11 The Lusitana Portuguese American Band: A Cultural Influence in Rhode Island 133
Donna Garcia Valente
12 The Life and Times of Sissieretta Jones 141
Helen L. Glynn
13 George M. Cohan: Rhode Island’s Yankee Doodle Dandy 151
Carolyn Livingston
PART 2 - People and Events since 1900 169
INTRODUCTION 171
Dawn Elizabeth Smith
14 Elodie Farnum: A Gifted Prodigy 175
Lisa Quigley Giorgianni
15 Stephen E. Farnum: Innovator in Music Testing 187
Michael J. Boday
16 Bobby Hackett: Dixieland Swing Cornetist 195
Mark D. Baker
17 Elizabeth Crook: Five Decades in Music Education 205
Robert G. Fraleigh
18 Aurora Spadea Curran: Pioneer in Suzuki Talent Education 217
Laurette M. Vitello
19 Abraham A. Schwadron: Music Education Visionary 227
James N. DeFrancesco, Donald J. Smith, and Carolyn Livingston
20 Providence’s Music Mansion: The Mary Kimball Hail Legacy 235
Patricia Lill Maher
21 Theatre-by-the-Sea: A Rhode Island Treasure 243
Kristen Nester
22 Rhode Island’s WPA Music Project and Its Orchestra 253
Tsukasa Cherkaoui
23 The Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, 1954–2007 265
Leslie Ricci Lee
24 The Newport Jazz Festival: Its Early Years and Its Impact on Jazz 275
Ming-lung Dawn Chung
25 The Newport Music Festival 287
Andrew Maddock
26 Music in the Westerly Public Schools since 1970 295
Dawn Elizabeth Smith
INDEX 313
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS 329