"A tidal wave of encouragement" : American composers' concerts in the Gilded Age / E. Douglas Bomberger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bomberger, E. Douglas, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Concerts--United States--History--1865-1898.

Concerts.

Music--United States--19th century--History and criticism.

Music.

History.

United States.

Nationalism in music.

Physical Description:

xvii, 235 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

American composers' concerts in the Gilded Age

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Contents:

1. Prelude: All-American Concerts before 1884 1

2. The MTNA Concerts, 1884-1888: An Idea Whose Time Had Come 9

3. Henry E. Krehbiel, Critic 23

4. Frank Van der Stucken's Novelty Concerts 29

5. The Exposition Universelle of 1889: American Music on a World Stage 45

6. Interlude: Flood Tide 65

7. The MTNA Concerts, 1889-1892: An Idea Whose Time Was Past 73

8. The Arens Tour of 1891-1892: Propaganda, Parochialism, and All-American Concerts 87

9. Edward A. MacDowell, Reluctant Hero 121

10. The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893: American Art Music Humiliated 127

11. Manuscript Societies and the Ghettoization of New Music 145

12. Postlude: Dvorak and New Directions in American Art Music 165

Appendix 1 Selected American Composers' Concerts, 1881-1901 173

Appendix 2 Frank Van der Stucken's American Festival, November 1887 183

Appendix 3 Programs and Reviews of American Composers' Concerts in Europe 189

Appendix 4 Repertoire Performed at Public Meetings of the Manuscript Society of New York, 1890-1901 203.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-219) and index.

ISBN:

0275974464

OCLC:

46976688