Ruth Hume

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Ruth Hume has written several articles on music and American culture for AMERICAN HERITAGE .
For further reading: Humbug: the Art of P. T. Barnum , by Neil Harris (Little, Brown and Company, 1973), and Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale , by Gladys Shultz (J. B. Lippincott Company, 1962).

Articles by Ruth Hume

Selling The Swedish Nightingale, October 1977 | Vol. 28, No. 6
Jenny Lind and P.T. Barnum Read >>
Oscar And The Opera, February 1973 | Vol. 24, No. 2
AN IMPRESARIO NAMED HAMMERSTEIN SET HIS SIGHTS ON TUMBLING AN INSTITUTION CALLED THE MET Read >>
The Great Chicago Piano War, October 1970 | Vol. 21, No. 6
The battle between eastern and midwestern manufacturers hit fortissimo when the world’s most famous wizard of the keyboard turned up for the opening concert of the Columbian Exposition Read >>

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