{"product_id":"a-tidal-wave-of-encouragement-9780275974466","title":"A Tidal Wave of Encouragement","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn July of 1884, pianist Calixa Lavallée performed a recital of works by American composers that began a highly influential series of such concerts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  Prelude: American Concerts before 1884  The MTNA Concerts, 1884-1888: an idea whose time had come  Henry Krehbiel, critic  Frank Van der Stucken's Novelty Concerts  The Exposition Universelle of 1889: American Music on a world stage  Interlude: Flood Tide  The MTNA Concerts, 1889-1892: an idea whose time had past  The Arens tour of 1891-1892: Propaganda, Parochialism, and All-American Concerts  Edward MacDowell, reluctant hero  The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893: American art and music humiliated  The Manuscript Societies and the Ghettoization of New Music  Postlude: Dvorak and new directions in American art music  Appendix 1: Master List of American Composers' Concerts  Appendix 2: Programs and Reviews of the Van der Stuken Festival, November 1887  Appendix 3: Programs and Reviews of American Composers' Concerts in Europe  Appendix 4: Repertoire Performed at Public Meetings of the Manuscript Society of New York, 1890-1901  Bibliography","brand":"ABC-CLIO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767222862167,"sku":"9780275974466","price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-tidal-wave-of-encouragement-9780275974466","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}