Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 376 pages) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Note |
"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint"--Page [i]. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-344) and index. |
Contents |
Music making as popular practice -- Music for the "people". "The largest and most enthusiastic audience that ever has assembled in the city" : the National Opera Company of 1887 ; "A precarious means of living" : early working musicians and some of their jobs ; "Popular prices will prevail" : competing and cooperating impresarios ; Amateurs, professionals, and symphonies : Harley Hamilton and Edna Foy ; "Our awe struck vision" : a prominent impresario reconsidered -- Progressive-era musical idealism. The "true temple of art" : Philharmonic Auditorium and progressive ideology ; "Something of good for the future" : the People's Orchestra of 1912-1913 ; Producing Fairyland, 1915 ; Founding the Hollywood Bowl -- From progressive to ultramodern. Old competitors, new opera companies in 1925 ; The new negro movement in Los Angeles ; Welcoming the ultramodern ; Second thoughts ; Calling the tune : the Los Angeles Federal Music Project. |
Summary |
A social history of music in Los Angeles from the 1880s to 1940, this title ventures into an often neglected period to discover that during America's Progressive Era, LA was a centre for making music long before it became a major metropolis. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Music -- Social aspects -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 20th century.
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Music -- Social aspects. |
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California -- Los Angeles. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Music -- Social aspects -- California -- Los Angeles -- History -- 19th century.
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Chronological Term |
19th century |
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1800-1999 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Catherine Parsons, 1933- Making music in Los Angeles. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007 9780520251397 0520251393 (DLC) 2006036207 (OCoLC)74987836 |
ISBN |
9780520933835 (electronic book) |
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0520933834 (electronic book) |
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9781435611375 (electronic book) |
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1435611373 (electronic book) |
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9780520251397 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520251393 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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