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

• Autore: Miller Leta E
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of CA Press, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (382 p.)
• Disciplina: 780.9794/6109041
• Soggetto topico: Music - Political aspects - California - San Francisco - History - 20th century; Music - Social aspects - California - San Francisco - History - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: "Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Music and politics in San Francisco
• ISBN: 1-283-31140-2; 9786613311405; 0-520-95009-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461340703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: CA studies in 20th-century music ; ; 13.