Download or read book Music of the Highest Class written by Michael Broyles and published by . This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the duality in American musical culture of classical music and vernacular music. Broyles traces its origins to early 19th-century Boston and seeks to show how specifically American forces gave it a different profile from similar developments in Europe.