Music and politics in San Francisco from the 1906 quake to the Second World War / Leta E. Miller.
| Author/creator | Miller, Leta E. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Berkeley : University of California Press, |
| Description | xiv, 365 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | California studies in 20th-century music ; 13 California studies in 20th-century music ; 13. ^A473908 |
| 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. |
| General note | "Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint"--Prelim. p. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-341) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011013960 |
| ISBN | 9780520268913 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0520268911 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |