Music and politics in San Francisco : from the 1906 quake to the Second World War / Leta E. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Leta E.

Series:

California studies in 20th-century music ; 13.

California studies in 20th-century music ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Political aspects--California--San Francisco--History--20th century.

Music.

Music--Political aspects.

History.

California--San Francisco.

Physical Description:

xiv, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2012]

Contents:

The Paris of the West : San Francisco at the turn of the century

From the quake to the crash

The politics of class : the San Francisco Symphony, the People's Philharmonic, and the lure of European culture (1911-1930)

The politics of race : Chinatown, forbidden and alluring

Interlude 1 : two musical tributes to San Francisco's Chinatown

The politics of labor : the union(s), the clubs and theaters, and the predicament of black musicians

Musical utopias : Ada Clement, Ernest Bloch, and the San Francisco Conservatory

Opera : the people's music or a diversion for the rich?

The Depression and beyond

The despair of the Depression and the clash of race

Ultramodernism and other contemporary offerings : looking west, challenging the East

The politics of work : idealism confronts bureaucracy in the Federal Music Project

Interlude 2 : highlights from San Francisco's Federal Music Project : take your choice and keeton's concert spirituals

Welcoming the world : San Francisco's fairs of 1915 and 1939?-1940

Aftermath.

Notes:

"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0520268911

9780520268913

OCLC:

711643532

Publisher Number:

99946475366