Table of Contents: Making music in Los Angeles :

Main Author:	Smith, Catherine Parsons, 1933-2009.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2007.
Subjects:	Music > Social aspects > 20th century. > California > History > Los Angeles Music > Social aspects > 19th century. > California > History > Los Angeles Music. MUSIC > History & Criticism. MUSIC > General. Music > Social aspects. California > Los Angeles.
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Table of Contents:

Music making as popular practice
Music for the "people". "The largest and most enthusiastic audience that ever has assembled in the city" : the National Opera Company of 1887 ; "A precarious means of living" : early working musicians and some of their jobs ; "Popular prices will prevail" : competing and cooperating impresarios ; Amateurs, professionals, and symphonies : Harley Hamilton and Edna Foy ; "Our awe struck vision" : a prominent impresario reconsidered
Progressive-era musical idealism. The "true temple of art" : Philharmonic Auditorium and progressive ideology ; "Something of good for the future" : the People's Orchestra of 1912-1913 ; Producing Fairyland, 1915 ; Founding the Hollywood Bowl
From progressive to ultramodern. Old competitors, new opera companies in 1925 ; The new negro movement in Los Angeles ; Welcoming the ultramodern ; Second thoughts ; Calling the tune : the Los Angeles Federal Music Project.