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Music and Politics in San Francisco : From the 1906 Quake to the Second World War

Miller, Leta E.,i1947- [Verfasser]

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (382 pages)

California studies in 20th-century music ; 13

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-341) and index

978-0-520-95009-2 ; 0-520-95009-7 ; 1-283-31140-2 ; 978-1-283-31140-3 ; 978-0-520-26891-3 ; 0-520-26891-1 ; 978-0-520-26891-3

LQ 89507 LR 57720

 

San Francisco, Calif.  Musik  Politik  Geschichte 20. Jahrhundert 

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 ram.