The Importance of Music in Pre-Revolutionary Williamsburg
by
Joshua R. LeHuray
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2016
Music was everywhere in pre–Revolutionary Williamsburg, Virginia. In 1771, plantation owner Landon Carter noted in his diary that he could hear instruments through the windows of every house in town. In taverns and private homes, at formal performances and dances and casually around the campfire,...