High-minded and low-down : music in the lives of Americans, 1800-1861 /

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Author / Creator: Tawa, Nicholas E.
Format: Book
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