Includes bibliographical references (pages 657-664) and index.
Contents
Book I: Musical institutions and genres. Concert venues in New Orleans: 1805-1987 ; Symphonic music in nineteenth-century New Orleans ; The concert societies and series ; Music and race in nineteenth-century New Orleans ; Music education ; Women in the musical life of the city in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Personalities.
Book 2: A chronological history. The early years: 1805-1835 ; The musical metropolis: 1836-1849 ; The great years: 1850-1860 ; Concert music during the Civil War: 1861-1865 ; Recovery of the post-war years: 1865-1872 ; From the city to the lake and the Great Exposition: 1872-1886 ; The grand old city: 1887-1897.