TY - BOOK ID - 77870850 TI - Making music in Los Angeles PY - 2007 SN - 1433708353 1282762273 9786612762277 0520933834 1435611373 9780520933835 9781435611375 9780520251397 0520251393 1433708906 9781433708909 9781433708350 9781282762275 6612762276 PB - Berkeley University of California Press DB - UniCat KW - Music KW - Art music KW - Art music, Western KW - Classical music KW - Musical compositions KW - Musical works KW - Serious music KW - Western art music KW - Western music (Western countries) KW - Social aspects KW - History KW - 1800s california. KW - california music. KW - composing. KW - concerts. KW - cultural anthropology. KW - economic development. KW - higher education textbook. KW - live music. KW - metropolis. KW - music appreciation. KW - music history. KW - music making. KW - opera. KW - performing arts. KW - political development. KW - pop culture. KW - progressive era. KW - social history. KW - thriving music scene. KW - west coast music. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77870850 AB - In this fascinating social history of music in Los Angeles from the 1880s to 1940, Catherine Parsons Smith ventures into an often neglected period to discover that during America's Progressive Era, Los Angeles was a center for making music long before it became a major metropolis. She describes the thriving music scene over some sixty years, including opera, concert giving and promotion, and the struggles of individuals who pursued music as an ideal, a career, a trade, a business--or all those things at once. Smith demonstrates that music making was closely tied to broader Progressive Era issues, including political and economic developments, the new roles played by women, and issues of race, ethnicity, and class. ER -