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Making Music American - 1917 and the Transformation of Culture (Hardcover)
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Making Music American - 1917 and the Transformation of Culture (Hardcover)
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The year 1917 was unlike any other in American history, or in the
history of American music. The United States entered World War I,
jazz burst onto the national scene, and the German musicians who
dominated classical music were forced from the stage. As the year
progressed, New Orleans natives Nick LaRocca and Freddie Keppard
popularized the new genre of jazz, a style that suited the frantic
mood of the era. African-American bandleader James Reese Europe
accepted the challenge of making the band of the Fifteenth New York
Infantry into the best military band in the country. Orchestral
conductors Walter Damrosch and Karl Muck met the public demand for
classical music while also responding to new calls for patriotic
music. Violinist Fritz Kreisler, pianist Olga Samaroff, and
contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink gave American audiences the best
of Old-World musical traditions while walking a tightrope of
suspicion because of their German sympathies. Before the end of the
year, the careers of these eight musicians would be upended, and
music in America would never be the same. Making Music American
recounts the musical events of this tumultuous year month by month
from New Year's Eve 1916 to New Year's Day 1918. As the story
unfolds, the lives of these eight musicians intersect in surprising
ways, illuminating the transformation of American attitudes toward
music both European and American. In this unsettled time, no one
was safe from suspicion, but America's passion for music made the
rewards high for those who could balance musical skill with
diplomatic savvy.
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