In Musical Maryland, the first comprehensive survey of the music
emanating from the Old Line State, David K. Hildebrand and
Elizabeth M. Schaff explore the myriad ways in which music has
enriched the lives of Marylanders. From the drinking songs of
colonial Annapolis, the liturgical music of the Zion Lutheran
Church, and the work songs of the tobacco fields to the exuberant
marches of late nineteenth-century Baltimore Orioles festivals,
Chick Webb's mastery on drums, and the triumphs of the Baltimore
Opera Society, this richly illustrated volume explores more than
300 years of Maryland's music history. Beginning with early
compositions performed in private settings and in public concerts,
this book touches on the development of music clubs like the
Tuesday Club, the Florestan Society, and H. L. Mencken's Saturday
Night Club, as well as lasting institutions such as the Peabody
Institute and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO). Yet the
soundscape also includes militia quicksteps, sea chanteys, and
other work songs. The book describes the writing of "The
Star-Spangled Banner"-perhaps Maryland's single greatest
contribution to the nation's musical history. It chronicles the
wide range of music created and performed by Maryland's African
American musicians along Pennsylvania Avenue in racially segregated
Baltimore, from jazz to symphonic works. It also tells the true
story of a deliberately integrated concert that the BSO staged at
the end of World War II. The book is full of musical examples,
engravings, paintings, drawings, and historic photographs that not
only portray the composers and performers but also the places
around the state in which music flourished. Illuminating sidebars
by William Biehl focus on late nineteenth- and early
twentieth-century song of the kind evoked by the USS Baltimore or
inspired by the state's history, natural beauty, and romantic
steamboats. The book also offers a sampling of the tunes that
Maryland's more remarkable composers and performers, including
Billie Holiday, Eubie Blake, and Cab Calloway, contributed to
American music before the homogenization that arrived in earnest
after World War II. Bringing to life not only portraits of
musicians, composers, and conductors whose stories and
recollections are woven into the fabric of this book, but also
musical scores and concert halls, Musical Maryland is an engaging,
authoritative, and bold look at an endlessly compelling subject.
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