John Tasker Howard

For other people of the same name, see John Howard (disambiguation).

John Tasker Howard (November 30, 1890 in Brooklyn, New York – November 20, 1964 in West Orange, New Jersey) was an early American music historian, radio host, writer, lecturer, and composer. His Our American Music, published in 1931, was an early general history of music in the United States.[1]

Howard was the curator of the New York Public Library from 1940 to 1956.

Selected bibliography

Non-fiction
  • Modern Music (1942). Mentor Books. New York. ASIN B000S5ICYS

References

  • Chase, Gilbert (2000). America's Music: From the Pilgrims to the Present. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-00454-X.

Notes

  1. ↑ Crawford, Robert, writing in Chase, xii

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