Interview with Rebeccah Bechtold, 2016 Ralph D. Gray Article Prize Winner

The Republic (TR): For those who haven’t read your article, would you provide a synopsis? Rebeccah Bechtold (RB): “A Revolutionary Soundscape: Musical Reform and the Science of Sound in Early America, 1760–1840” examines how the growing accessibility of music in the mid eighteenth century cultivated a wider appreciation for music as an individuated art. In this period, advocates for music… Read More