Music of the gilded age / John Ogasapian and N. Lee Orr

Orchestras and concert music -- Grand opera -- Critics, composers, and conservatories -- Church music -- Amateurs and entrepreneurs on and off the stage -- After the ball, Come on and hear, and other songs they sang -- The gilt fades

America's Gilded Age was a time of great musical evolution. As the country continued to develop a musical style apart from Europe, its church and religious music and opera took on new forms. Music-as-entertainment also evolved, with marching bands at public events and new musicals in theaters. This volume presents the composers, musicians, songwriters, instruments, and musical forms that uniquely identify the Gilded Age. Coverage includes concerts and symphony orchestras, grand opera, music at home, sacred music, ragtime, vaudeville, and the American musical stage and much more.