| Description |
xiv, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
California studies in 20th-century music ; 13
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California studies in 20th-century music.
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| Note |
"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint"--Preliminary page |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-341) and index. |
| Contents |
The Paris of the West : San Francisco at the turn of the century -- From the quake to the crash. The politics of class : the San Francisco Symphony, the People's Philharmonic, and the lure of European culture (1911-1930) ; The politics of race : Chinatown, forbidden and alluring ; Interlude 1 : two musical tributes to San Francisco's Chinatown ; The politics of labor : the union(s), the clubs and theaters, and the predicament of Black musicians ; Musical utopias : Ada Clement, Ernest Bloch, and the San Francisco Conservatory ; Opera : the people's music or a diversion for the rich? -- The Depression and beyond. The despair of the Depression and the clash of race ; Ultramodernism and other contemporary offerings : looking west, challenging the East ; The politics of work : idealism confronts bureaucracy in the Federal Music Project ; Interlude 2 : highlights from San Francisco's Federal Music Project : Take your choice and Keeton's concert spirituals -- Welcoming the world : San Francisco's fairs of 1915 and 1939-1940 -- Aftermath. |
| Subject |
Music -- Political aspects -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 20th century.
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Music -- Political aspects. |
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California -- San Francisco. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Music. |
| ISBN |
9780520268913 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520268911 cloth alkaline paper |
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