| Description |
xiii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and index. |
| Contents |
Theater music during the boom years -- "Making friends with music" : music education in the classroom and concert hall -- "Symphonies under the stars" : the romance of the Hollywood Bowl -- The art of pageants, plays, and dance -- Leaving a legacy : early recordings of indigenous, classical, and popular music -- "An invisible empire in the air" : broadcasting the classics during the golden age -- Music on film : Hollywood and the conversion to sound. |
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Musical Metropolis CD [compact disc]: 1. Rosa and Luisa Villa, "La serenata" (1904) -- 2. Zoellner Quartet, Medley: "Dixie" and "Swanee River" (1915) -- 3. Kid Ory's Sunshine Orchestra, "Ory's Creole trombone" (1922) -- 4. Margaret Messer Morris and Charles Wakefield Cadman, "At dawning" (1922) -- 5. Charles Wakefield Cadman, piano solo, "Land of the sky blue water" (1926) -- 6. Olga Steeb, Edward MacDowell's "Rigaudon, op. 48/s" (1922) -- 7. Olga Steeb, Frederic Chopin's "Mazurka in B-flat, op. 7" (1923) -- 8. Grauman's Symphony Orchestra, cond. by Ulderico Marcelli, Erno Rapée's "Echoes from the Iron horse" (1925) -- 9. Aimée Semple McPherson, "I ain't gonna grieve" (1926) -- 10. Don Clark Orchestra, with Bing Crosby and Al Rinker, "I've got the girl" (1926) -- 11. Los Angeles Philharmonic, cond. by Eugene Goossens, Antonin Dvorak's "Carnival overture" (1928) -- 12. Percussion Ensemble, cond. by Nicolas Slonimsky, Edgard Varèse's "Ionisation" (1933) -- 13. RKO Studio Orchestra, cond. by Max Steiner, Vincent Youmans's "Carioca" from Flying down to Rio (1933) -- 14. Lawrence Tibbett, Elinor Remick Warren's "Sweetgrass range" (1935) -- 15. Johnny Green and male quartet, George Gershwin's "Bidin' my time" (1937) -- 16. Arnold Schoenberg, Gershwin eulogy, Gershwin memorial broadcast (1937) -- 17. Bob Crosby and His Orchestra, "Panama" (1937) -- 18. WPA Los Angeles Federal Symphony, with Colored Chorus, cond. by William Grant Still, excerpts from "Lenox Avenue" (1938) -- 19. José Arias Troubadours, "El capotin" (1949) -- 20. José Arias Troubadours, "Cielito lindo" (1949). |
| Subject |
Music -- California -- Los Angeles -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
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California -- Los Angeles. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Music -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Music -- Social aspects -- California -- Los Angeles.
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Music -- Social aspects. |
| ISBN |
1403964181 alkaline paper |
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140396419X paperback alk paper |
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