| Description |
1 online resource (285 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Prologue: Screaming Wagnerites and America's Fin de Siècle; 1. Henry Higginson: High Culture, High Finance, and Useful Citizenship; 2. Henry Krehbiel: The German-American Transaction; 3. Laura Holloway Langford: Servitude, Disquiet, and "The History of Womankind"; 4. Charles Ives: Gentility and Rebellion; Summation: Defining an American Fin de Siècle; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
Joseph Horowitz writes in Moral Fire: "If the Met's screaming Wagnerites standing on chairs (in the 1890s) are unthinkable today, it is partly because we mistrust high feeling. Our children avidly specialize in vicarious forms of electronic interpersonal diversion. Our laptops and televisions ensnare us in a surrogate world that shuns all but facile passions; only Jon Stewart and Bill Maher share moments of moral outrage disguised as comedy." Arguing that the past can prove instructive and inspirational, Horowitz revisits four astonishing personalities--Henry Higginson, Laura Langford, Henry |
| Analysis |
19th century music |
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20th century music |
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american culture |
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american history |
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american music history |
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american musical life |
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american studies |
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boston symphony orchestra |
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charles ives |
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classic music |
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classical music |
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classical orchestra |
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cultural historians |
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gilded age |
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henry higginson |
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henry krehbiel |
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history of music |
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human nature |
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laura langford |
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moral values |
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music history and criticism |
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music lovers |
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music studies |
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musicians and historians |
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musicology |
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turn of the century america |
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us culture |
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us history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919.
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Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923.
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Holloway, Laura C. (Laura Carter), 1848-1930.
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Ives, Charles, 1874-1954.
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| SUBJECT |
Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919 fast |
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Holloway, Laura C. (Laura Carter), 1848-1930 fast |
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Ives, Charles, 1874-1954 fast |
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Krehbiel, Henry Edward, 1854-1923 fast |
| Subject |
Music -- United States -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Music -- United States -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Music patronage -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Music patronage -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Musical criticism -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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Musical criticism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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MUSIC -- History & Criticism.
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Music
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Music patronage
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Musical criticism
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011045448 |
| ISBN |
9780520951860 |
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0520951867 |
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0520267443 |
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9780520267442 |
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1280116498 |
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9781280116490 |
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9786613520784 |
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6613520780 |
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