Opera at the bandstand : then and now /

In his book, Opera at the Bandstand: Then and Now, George W. Martin surveys the role of concert bands during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in making contemporary opera popular. He also chronicles how in part they lost their audience in the second half of the twentieth century by aband...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Martin, George Whitney
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Bands (Music) > United States > History.
Opera.
Harmonies (Orchestres) > États-Unis > Histoire.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > General.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Band & Orchestra.
Bands (Music)
Opera
Oper
Arrangement
Aufführung
Blaskapelle
Blas- und Bläsermusik
Blasorchester
United States
USA
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Dodworth bands and Jullien's example
  • Patrick S. Gilmore, his jubilees, and the Anvil chorus
  • Mr. Gilmore and his 22nd Regiment Band
  • John Philip Sousa, the Marine Band, and Sousa's band
  • John Philip Sousa : summers in Coney Island and winters in Rochester, New York
  • John Philip Sousa : Willow Grove Park, Pennsylvania
  • The rise of dance bands : Herbert L. Clarke and the Long Beach Municipal Band
  • The U.S. Marine Band and contemporary civilian bands
  • Edward Franko Goldman and the Goldman Band
  • The decline of the Goldman Band, Frederick Fennell, and the rise of the wind ensemble.

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