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Barnes, Molly Leeanna.

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The rhetoric of democracy in American musical discourse, 1842-1861.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The rhetoric of democracy in American musical discourse, 1842-1861./
Author:	Barnes, Molly Leeanna.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2016,
Description:	246 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-05(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-05A(E).
Subject:	Music. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10245643
ISBN:	9781369467024

The rhetoric of democracy in American musical discourse, 1842-1861.
Barnes, Molly Leeanna.

The rhetoric of democracy in American musical discourse, 1842-1861. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2016 - 246 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-05(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2016.

In the United States, art music has long operated in an uneasy cultural space, divided between associations with the elite and aspirations to mass appeal. This tension became especially acute in the antebellum years, when dramatic changes to the country's social and political landscape, including massive immigration from Europe, conflict over the institution of slavery, and increasing social and economic inequalities posed serious threats to the democratic American experiment. These circumstances prompted many commentators to voice idealistic hopes about the capacity of classical music in general and instrumental music in particular to unify, uplift, and democratize American society. This dissertation examines antebellum American public discourse about classical music and the powerful rhetoric that promoted this music as a means of realizing the ideal of democratic egalitarianism during a period of palpable discord.

ISBN: 9781369467024Subjects--Topical Terms:

516178
Music.

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