05186nam 2201021Ia 450 991082830970332120200520144314.01-283-31140-297866133114050-520-95009-710.1525/9780520950092(CKB)2670000000112913(EBL)743999(OCoLC)749264272(SSID)ssj0000555169(PQKBManifestationID)11386053(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000555169(PQKBWorkID)10518297(PQKB)10537109(StDuBDS)EDZ0000084617(OCoLC)759907811(MdBmJHUP)muse31015(DE-B1597)520853(DE-B1597)9780520950092(Au-PeEL)EBL743999(CaPaEBR)ebr10508830(CaONFJC)MIL331140(MiAaPQ)EBC743999(EXLCZ)99267000000011291320110330d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMusic and politics in San Francisco[electronic resource] from the 1906 quake to the Second World War /Leta E. MillerBerkeley University of CA Pressc20121 online resource (382 p.)CA studies in 20th-century music ;13"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint."0-520-26891-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Abbreviations --1. The Paris of the West: San Francisco at the Turn of the Century --2. The Politics of Class The San Francisco Symphony, the People's Philharmonic, and the Lure of European Culture (1911 - 1930) --3. The Politics of Race: Chinatown, Forbidden and Alluring --INTERLUDE 1: Two Musical Tributes to San Francisco's Chinatown --4. The Politics of Labor: The Union(s), the Clubs and Theaters, and the Predicament of Black Musicians --5. Musical Utopias: Ada Clement, Ernest Bloch, and the San Francisco Conservatory --6. Opera: The People's Music or a Diversion for the Rich? --7. The Despair of the Depression and the Clash of Race --8. Ultramodernism and Other Contemporary Offerings: Looking West, Challenging the East --9. 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 --10. Welcoming the World: San Francisco's Fairs of 1915 and 1939 - 1940 --11. Aftermath --Notes --References --IndexThis lively history immerses the reader in San Francisco's musical life during the first half of the twentieth century, showing how a fractious community overcame virulent partisanship to establish cultural monuments such as the San Francisco Symphony (1911) and Opera (1923). Leta E. Miller draws on primary source material and first-hand knowledge of the music to argue that a utopian vision counterbalanced partisan interests and inspired cultural endeavors, including the San Francisco Conservatory, two world fairs, and America's first municipally owned opera house. Miller demonstrates that rampant racism, initially directed against Chinese laborers (and their music), reappeared during the 1930's in the guise of labor unrest as WPA music activities exploded in vicious battles between administrators and artists, and African American and white jazz musicians competed for jobs in nightclubs.CA studies in 20th-century music ;13.MusicPolitical aspectsCaliforniaSan FranciscoHistory20th centuryMusicSocial aspectsCaliforniaSan FranciscoHistory20th century1930s california.20th century america.20th century music.american music history.asian americans.asian music.california history.california politics.chinese immigration.chinese opera.classical music.great depression.history of jazz.history of opera.history.live arts.music and racism.music and segregation.music history and criticism.music.night club jazz.philharmonic.realistic.san francisco symphony.san franciscos fairs.us history.west coast history.west coast music.wwii america.wwii music.MusicPolitical aspectsHistoryMusicSocial aspectsHistory780.9794/6109041Miller Leta E898341MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828309703321Music and politics in San Francisco4100761UNINA