1930s california
20th century america
20th century music
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american music history
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california history
california politics
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chinese immigration
chinese opera
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great depression
history
history of jazz
history of opera
live arts
music
music and racism
music and segregation
music history and criticism
night club jazz
philharmonic
realistic
san francisco symphony
san franciscos fairs
us history
west coast history
west coast music
wwii america
wwii music
Product details
- ISBN 9780520268913
- Weight: 635g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 04 Oct 2011
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 rampant racism, initially directed against Chinese laborers (and their music), reappeared during the 1930s in the guise of labor unrest as WPA music activities exploded in vicious battles between administrators and artists, and African American and white jazz musicians competed for jobs in nightclubs.
Leta E. Miller is Professor of Music at the University of California, Santa Cruz and is coauthor (with Fredric Lieberman) of Composing a World: Lou Harrison, Musical Wayfarer and Lou Harrison.
