High-minded and low-down : music in the lives of Americans, 1800-1861 /
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Language: | English |
Imprint: | Boston : Northeastern University Press, [2000] |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Shaping Music for an American Society
- Backgrounds
- The State of Musical Culture
- Art Music and Opera in the Young American Democracy
- Common Patterns of Thought and Feeling
- To Serve a Useful Purpose
- The Shaping of Lyric and Tune
- Chapter 2. Why Americans Did or Did Not Cultivate Music
- Americans Who Shunned Music
- Superficial Justifications for Music
- An Agreeable Recreation
- The Emotional Side to Music's Cultivation
- Therapeutic and Other Reasons for Music's Cultivation
- Songs for Remembrance
- Musical Transcendence
- Chapter 3. Becoming Acquainted with Music
- Musical Instruments in the Home
- Discovering Music in the Domestic Circle
- Discovering Secular Music outside the Home
- Discovering Sacred Music outside the Home
- The Influence of Education
- The European Impact
- Interracial Exchange
- Chapter 4. Listening to Professional Musicians
- Listening to Popular Singers
- Listening to Oratorios
- Listening to Opera and Other Imported Vocal Music
- Listening to Instrumental Art Music
- Chapter 5. Amateur Music Making at Home
- The Nonprofessional Approach to Musical Performance
- Eulogies to the Home
- Secular Music within the Home Circle
- Religious Music within the Home Circle
- Chapter 6. Parties, Frolics, and Other Celebrations
- The Customary Evening Parties at Home
- The More Imposing Parties
- Frolics: Revels for Commoners
- Excursions and Picnics
- Other Causes for Musical Celebration
- Chapter 7. Education and Religion
- Music at School
- Sunday Schools
- White Church Services and Prayer Meetings
- Black Church Services and Prayer Meetings
- Camp Meetings
- Funerals, White and Black
- Chapter 8. Serenades and Other Outdoor Music
- Serenades
- Other Street and Outdoor Music
- Boatmen
- Travel
- Chapter 9. Music for Work and Public Places
- Work and Song
- Bees, Huskings, and Barn Raisings
- Music in Public Places
- Amateurs in Public Performance
- Chapter 10. Denouement
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index