In this Book
- Making Music in Los Angeles: Transforming the Popular
- Book
- 2007
- Published by: University of California Press
summary
In this fascinating social history of music in Los Angeles from the 1880s to 1940, Catherine Parsons Smith ventures into an often neglected period to discover that during America's Progressive Era, Los Angeles was a center for making music long before it became a major metropolis. She describes the thriving music scene over some sixty years, including opera, concert giving and promotion, and the struggles of individuals who pursued music as an ideal, a career, a trade, a business--or all those things at once. Smith demonstrates that music making was closely tied to broader Progressive Era issues, including political and economic developments, the new roles played by women, and issues of race, ethnicity, and class.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. v-vi
- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiv
- Part I: Music For The "People"
- Part II: Progressive-Era Musical Idealism
- 9. Producing Fairyland, 1915
- pp. 124-131
- 10. Founding the Hollywood Bowl
- pp. 132-153
- Part III: From Progressive to Ultramodern
- 12. The New Negro Movement in Los Angeles
- pp. 166-186
- 13. Welcoming the Ultramodern
- pp. 187-201
- 14. Second Thoughts
- pp. 202-214
- Bibliography
- pp. 325-344
- Production Notes
- p. 377
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520933835
Related ISBN(s)
9780520251397
MARC Record
OCLC
182631045
Pages
392
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No