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Alverson, Margaret Blake : Sixty Years of California Song

M. B. Alverson, Oakland, CA, 1913

First Edition. Original publisher's light blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Small gilt and blue decoration on front of flowers and a scenic bay at sunrise or sunset. 6 1/4" x 9." 275 pages, complete. Many black-and-white illustrations (at least one illustration, a coat of arms, is in color), complete. List of Illustrations and Portraits of Pupils in front. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning. Covers are very clean and intact except for slight darkening, slight wear to extremities, and light to moderate rubbing to front, back, and spine. A Very Good copy. Memoir of Margaret Blake Alverson (1836-1923), an American singer and author. Alverson was born in Illinois and moved to Stockton, California in 1851. She began her singing career in churches (her father was a minister) and later sang in operas. She is also noted for being a music teacher who taught over 1,000 students over the course of forty years. Her memoir also describes many episodes in the early music history of California. Excerpt from her Foreword: "The narrative tells somewhat of the Christian ministry of a noble father, of the writer's career as a public singer and of reminiscences of many associated musicians, efficient factors in the development of music in California to the high place it holds today. Some mention is made of distinguished divines and men of note in the professions and in business. The part taken by the author in political campaigns and in the activities of the Grand Army of the Republic will appeal to patriots. Some chapters on the singing voice and its cultivation are the fruitage of a wide experience of many years. A list of pupils for three decades is added.". Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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