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Book SynopsisCovers the 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).
Trade Review"Few histories or musicological studies provide as lively and entertaining reading as Music and Politics." San Francisco Classical Voice "A lively and compelling read." Forward "Solidly researched and of interest to a broad audience... Highly recommended." Choice "Solidly researched and of interest to a broad audience... Highly recommended." -- W. K. Kearns Choice "By inviting music into her study as circumscribed by time and place, rather than by style or genre, Miller presents a colorful tapestry of social relations mediated by the civic soundscape." Journal of the Society for American Music
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. The Paris of the West: San Francisco at the Turn of the Century Part One. From the Quake to the Crash 2. The Politics of Class: The San Francisco Symphony, the People's Philharmonic, and the Lure of European Culture (1911-1930) 3. The Politics of Race: Chinatown, Forbidden and Alluring Interlude 1: Two Musical Tributes to San Francisco's Chinatown 4. The Politics of Labor: The Union(s), the Clubs and Theaters, and the Predicament of Black Musicians 5. Musical Utopias: Ada Clement, Ernest Bloch, and the San Francisco Conservatory 6. Opera: The People's Music or a Diversion for the Rich? Part Two. The Depression and Beyond 7. The Despair of the Depression and the Clash of Race 8. Ultramodernism and Other Contemporary Offerings: Looking West, Challenging the East 9. 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 10. Welcoming the World: San Francisco's Fairs of 1915 and 1939-1940 11. Aftermath Notes References Index
