Music and Politics in San Francisco: From the 1906 Quake to the Second World War Volume 13

by Leta E. Miller and miller-leta-e

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520268911
• ISBN13: 9780520268913
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.2"