Description
About the Author
NANCY NEWMAN is Professor of Music at SUNY Albany, NY.
Reviews
A significant contribution to nineteenth-century American music studies. . . . Nuanced and sensitive. . . . Newman's research shows how difficult it is to distinguish between transatlantic and American 'popular culture' on one hand and 'high art' on the other hand (especially in the nineteenth century). -- Julia J. Chybowski * IMMIGRATION & ETHNIC HISTORY SOCIETY *
A strong narrative thrust. . . . Rich documentation and analysis. . . .Resisting the arguments of Lawrence Levine's 1988 study Highbrow/Lowbrow: The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America, which maintains that the nineteenth century saw a rift between popular and elite art and music, Newman shows that, in truth, this orchestra worked to build bridges between high and low, reaching and building new audiences. -- Alan Lareau * MAX KADE INSTITUTE *
Strong historical and political background gives this book interest not only to the musicologist, but also to the history enthusiast. . . . Easy to read. . . . Raises important questions of popular vs. classical styles, many of which still exist today. -- Erica Rumbley * MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NOTES *
A rich, introspective and thought-provoking book . . . . Newman has accomplished a major feat: in a forceful narrative, she has moved a seemingly marginal cultural actor from the periphery into the spotlight of historical sociopolitical analysis. -- Gienow-Hecht * JOURNAL OF AMERICAN STUDIES *
Fills a significant void. . . . The author supplements Albrecht's omniscient accounts with abundant original programs, advertisements, and contemporary newspaper reviews. . . . A rich mine of statistics and contemporary criticism. . . . Almost reads as a novel, with the characters of the orchestra -- and Jenny Lind among other famous soloists -- setting out on a journey of American pioneer dimensions and the reader awaiting the circumstances of the Germanians' dissolution. . . . [Their] lasting influence on the great American symphony orchestras [make this book] of special interest to musicologists and others interested in the relationship between nineteenth-century German and U.S. history and culture. -- David Steinau * YEARBOOK OF GERMAN-AMERICAN STUDIES *
Book Information
ISBN 9781580463454
Author Professor Nancy Newman
Format Hardback
Page Count 332
Imprint University of Rochester Press
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g