The work of internationally recognized scholarship, this set of volumes was produced by the Colonial Dames of America under the leadership of Mrs. Alvin A. Parker, Miss M. Atherton Leach, and Miss Martha B. Newkirk. In historical exactitude, documentary substantiation, bibliographical precision, enlightened illustration, and painstaking book production they leave nothing to be desired. Known and cited by all scholars in the field, they are the work of, among others, Oscar Sonneck, Albert Rau, Howard Kriebel, Carl Engel, Ernest Spofford, Jean Beck, Harold Spivacke, and William Lichtenwanger. Unique and comprehensive, they belong in every library claiming coverage of the history of American music.