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Music and politics in San Francisco : from the 1906 quake to the Second World War
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Music and politics in San Francisco : from the 1906 quake to the Second World War

Leta E. Miller

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"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint"--Prelim. p.

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.

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Music and politics in San Francisco : from the 1906 quake to the Second World War by Leta E. Miller. ISBN 9780520268913. Published by University of California Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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