Bøker av Denise A. Seachrist

During the first half of the eighteenth century, Pennsylvania became home to a variety of German-speaking sectarians who rebelled against the oppression of European state-church establishments and migrated to the United States. This book offers a fascinating exploration of one such community.

Although this biography of Egyptian-born composer Halim El-Dabh focuses on his career from his arrival in the US in 1950 to his retirement from the faculty of Kent State University in 1991, his life in Egypt, its influence on him musically, and his creative life after retirement are also covered.