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Description for Johana Harris
Hardback. Num Pages: 290 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRG; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 597.
Johana Harris was a musical prodigy who began her education in her native Canada, then moved to New York at the age of 12. The youngest student ever admitted to the Juilliard Graduate School of Music, Harris was destined for greatness on the world stage. However, exploitation by her mother and then by her husband Roy Harris, coupled with the prejudice shown women during the mid-20th century kept her from achieving that pinnacle. Johana Harris: A Biography brings to light the life of an unheralded musical genius, as well as providing new information on her husband Roy Harris, about ... Read more
Johana Harris was a musical prodigy who began her education in her native Canada, then moved to New York at the age of 12. The youngest student ever admitted to the Juilliard Graduate School of Music, Harris was destined for greatness on the world stage. However, exploitation by her mother and then by her husband Roy Harris, coupled with the prejudice shown women during the mid-20th century kept her from achieving that pinnacle. Johana Harris: A Biography brings to light the life of an unheralded musical genius, as well as providing new information on her husband Roy Harris, about ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810877597
SKU
V9780810877597
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About Ethel Paquin
Ethel Paquin's writing has appeared in such journals as Conatus, Woman's Day, and McCall's, as well as in The New York Times.
Reviews for Johana Harris
Those interested in pianists, American musical culture, women musicians, music in academia, modernist composition, Roy Harris, or gender roles in the twentieth century will enjoy this book immensely.
Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association
Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association