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Highbrow/lowdown : theater, jazz, and the making of the new middle class / David Savran.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3917.U6 S28 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Savran, David, 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Music.
- Jazz--History and criticism.
- Jazz.
- Theater--United States--History--20th century.
- Theater.
- Middle class.
- History.
- Music--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Middle class--United States--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- America's music
- The struggle for legitimacy
- Fascinating rhythm
- Pandering to the "intelligent minority"
- Human cogs and levers
- Jazz cosmopolitanism
- The canonization of Eugene O'Neill.
- Notes:
- Portions of the text were previously published.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-306) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rebecca Pepper Sinkler Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780472116928
- 0472116924
- OCLC:
- 262883122
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