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Roosevelt University Music Professor Wins Award for Study on Music of Abraham Lincoln

Thomas Kernan

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 5, 2016.  Roosevelt University music history professor Thomas J. Kernan has studied more than 1,000 pieces of music composed over 144 years about Abraham Lincoln, concluding that music made about the President informs our understanding of ever-changing American attitudes and priorities.

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In conjunction with Lincoln’s birthday on Feb. 12, Kernan will be recognized by the Abraham Lincoln Association (ALA) in Springfield, Ill. and the Abraham Lincoln Institute (ALI) in Washington, D.C. for his groundbreaking…

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