Opera at the bandstand : then and now / George W. Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, George Whitney.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bands (Music)--United States--History.

Bands (Music).

Opera.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Opera at the Bandstand: Then and Now, George W. Martin surveys the role of concert bands during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in making contemporary opera popular. He also chronicles how in part they lost their audience in the second half of the twentieth century by abandoning operatic repertory.

Contents:

The Dodworth bands and Jullien's example

Patrick S. Gilmore, his jubilees, and the Anvil chorus

Mr. Gilmore and his 22nd Regiment Band

John Philip Sousa, the Marine Band, and Sousa's band

John Philip Sousa : summers in Coney Island and winters in Rochester, New York

John Philip Sousa : Willow Grove Park, Pennsylvania

The rise of dance bands : Herbert L. Clarke and the Long Beach Municipal Band

The U.S. Marine Band and contemporary civilian bands

Edward Franko Goldman and the Goldman Band

The decline of the Goldman Band, Frederick Fennell, and the rise of the wind ensemble.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8108-8854-8

OCLC:

865508319