Musical Encounters at the 1889 Paris World's Fair

by Annegret Fauser and Professor Annegret Fauser

Musical Encounters at the 1889 Paris World's Fair explores the ways in which music was used, appropriated, exhibited, listened to, and written about during the six months of the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, thereby revealing the role and the sociopolitical uses of music in France and, more generally, Europe during the late nineteenth century.

The 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris has become famous as a turning point in the history...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580461859
• ISBN13: 9781580461856
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"