PUBLICATION NOTE, NOVEMBER, 2006

This rare book has been scanned and digitally transcribed by Gerald Davidson from an original copy, printed in 1906. There are no restrictions on copying or use of material contained herein. However users are asked to cite both the original Famous American Composers, by Rupert Hughes, L.C. Page & Co., Boston, 1900, and this transcription, by Gerald Davidson. Note also that some printings have apparently employed the title Contemporary American Composers.

I have tried to follow the orthography of the original, except in places where typographic corrections were necessary. The total number of pages is 456; individual page numbers are marked at the beginnings of paragraphs (Java Script must be enabled).