Augusta Browne

Augusta Browne

Augusta Browne was an American composer who became renowned in the 1850s as part of the first wave of female composers in the country. [cite journal|title=Sources and Resources for Women's Studies in American Music: A Report|first=Carol|last=Neuls-Bates|journal=Notes, Second Series|volume=35|issue=2|month=December|year=1978|pages=269-283|publisher=Music Library Association|url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0027-4380(197812)2%3A35%3A2%3C269%3ASARFWS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C|accessdate=June 6|accessyear=2008] She was the most prolific of that group, and is perhaps best-known for "Wake, Lady Mine", written in 1845. [Chase, pg. 160, cites Tick, pg. 146]

References

* cite book
author = Chase, Gilbert
id = ISBN 0-252-00454-X
publisher = University of Illinois Press
title = America's Music: From the Pilgrims to the Present
year = 2000

*cite book|last=Tick|first=Judith|title=American Woman Composers Before 1870

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