RAYNOR TAYLOR'S THE ETHIOP
FAIN: RE-*0038-78
New York University (New York, NY 10012-1019)
Victor F. Yellin (Project Director: May 1977 to October 1990)
To prepare a critical reconstruction of Taylor's The Ethiop (Phila. 1814), an example of early American orchestral music which survives today only in a simplified form. Accepted musical principles derived from appropriate models of the period, as well as theoretical sources, will be used.