Excerpt from American Composers Mr. Hughes originally planned to under take himself the'preparation of this new edi tion, but pressure of labor in other fields forced him to give up the project. He, consequently, turned over the large amount of material Which he had collected to Mr. Elson, Whose experience in the field of musical criticism has made him well fitted for the task of reviewing the progress of American Composers since the publication of the first edition. 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.