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The rise of democratic ideals and the burgeoning middle class of the late 19th and early 20th centuriesprecipitated an important surge in the prevalence of music in everyday life. Café concerts, dances, and operas all flourished in major cities across Europe as more people wanted access to performances and musical education. The approximately 150 artworks included in this handsomely illustrated volume, by major artists including Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Berthe Morisot, James McNeill Whistler, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Pierre Bonnard, trace the growing presence of music in painting, and include depictions of public performancesbrass bands, circuses, cabarets, orchestras, operas,festivals-as well as more intimate scenes featuring parlor music and musiclessons.Distributed for Editions Hazan, ParisExhibition Schedule:Musée des impressionnismes Giverny (03/24/17-07/02/17)

In Concert

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 18 April 2017
      ISBN-13 9780300230093
      978-0300230093
      ISBN-10 0300230095

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      Book Synopsis
      The rise of democratic ideals and the burgeoning middle class of the late 19th and early 20th centuriesprecipitated an important surge in the prevalence of music in everyday life. Café concerts, dances, and operas all flourished in major cities across Europe as more people wanted access to performances and musical education. The approximately 150 artworks included in this handsomely illustrated volume, by major artists including Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Berthe Morisot, James McNeill Whistler, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Pierre Bonnard, trace the growing presence of music in painting, and include depictions of public performancesbrass bands, circuses, cabarets, orchestras, operas,festivals-as well as more intimate scenes featuring parlor music and musiclessons.Distributed for Editions Hazan, ParisExhibition Schedule:Musée des impressionnismes Giverny (03/24/17-07/02/17)

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