Opera at the Bandstand

George W. Martin

doi:10.5771/9780810888548

Summary

In Opera at the Bandstand: Then and Now, George W. Martin surveys the role of concert bands during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in making contemporary opera popular. He also chronicles how in part they lost their audience in the second half of the twentieth century by abandoning operatic repertory.

Martin begins with the Dodworth bands in New York City from the 1850s and moves to the American tour of French conductor and composer Louis Antoine Jullien, bandmaster Patrick S. Gilmore’s jubilee festivals, the era of John Philip Sousa from 1892 to 1932, performances of the Goldman Band of New York City from 1920 to 2005, and finally the wind ensembles sparked by Frederick Fennell. He illustrates the degree to which operatic material comprised these bands’ overall repertory and provides detailed programs in the appendixes.

Opera at the Bandstand describes how the technological advancements sweeping the country, such as radio, automobiles, recordings, television, and air conditioning, along with changes in demographics, affected the country’s musical life. It will appeal to bandmasters and their players, as well as those with an interest in American history, music, popular culture, and opera.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2013
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8108-8853-1
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8108-8854-8
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 254
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Illustrations No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. Introduction No access
Chapter One. The Dodworth Bands and Jullien’s Example No access Pages 1 - 20
Chapter Two. Patrick S. Gilmore, His Jubilees, and the “Anvil Chorus” No access Pages 21 - 38
Chapter Three. Mr. Gilmore and His 22nd Regiment Band No access Pages 39 - 56
Chapter Four. John Philip Sousa, the Marine Band, and Sousa’s Band No access Pages 57 - 77
Chapter Five. John Philip Sousa: Summers in Coney Island and Winters in Rochester, New York No access Pages 78 - 88
Chapter Six. John Philip Sousa: Willow Grove Park, Pennsylvania No access Pages 89 - 108
Chapter Seven. The Rise of Dance Bands: Herbert L. Clarke and the Long Beach Municipal Band No access Pages 109 - P
Chapter Eight. The U.S. Marine Band and Contemporary Civilian Bands No access Pages 121 - 133
Chapter Nine. Edward Franko Goldman and the Goldman Band No access Pages 134 - 150
Chapter Ten. The Decline of the Goldman Band, Frederick Fennell, and the Rise of the Wind Ensemble No access Pages 151 - 166
Conclusion No access Pages 167 - 172
Appendix One. Operatic Repertory of the Dodworth Band, July–August 1859 No access Pages 173 - 174
Appendix Two. Advertisement for the First of Jullien’s Farewell Concerts, June 1854 No access Pages 175 - 176
Appendix Three. Operatic Repertory for the First Four Days of Gilmore’s International Peace Jubilee, Boston, 1872 No access Pages 177 - 179
Appendix Four. Gilmore’s Repertory in San Francisco, 17–29 April 1876 No access Pages 180 - 181
Appendix Five. Repertory of Twelve Summer Band Concerts in New York City’s Central Park, 1892 No access Pages 182 - 183
Appendix Six. Repertory of the U.S. Marine Band under Francis Scala, 1855–1871 No access Pages 184 - 185
Appendix Seven. Sousa’s Repertory for Seven Summer Concerts, August 1882 No access Pages 186 - 187
Appendix Eight. U.S. Marine Band Catalogue, 1885—Compared to Scala’s Library List, circa 1871 No access Pages 188 - 190
Appendix Nine. Sousa and the U.S. Marine Band: Six Concerts in Philadelphia, 1889–1891 No access Pages 191 - 194
Appendix Ten. Sousa’s Programs for the Columbian Exposition, Boston, 4–7 May 1893 No access Pages 195 - 199
Appendix Eleven. Sousa’s Operatic Repertory in Rochester, New York, 1894–1901 No access Pages 200 - 202
Appendix Twelve. Repertory of Sousa’s Band, 1892–1932 No access Pages 203 - 217
Appendix Thirteen. Six Programs by Clarke and the Long Beach Municipal Band, 1923–1943 No access Pages 218 - 222
Appendix Fourteen. Repertory of the Staten Island Musicians Society Concert Band, 1972–1976 No access Pages 223 - 224
Appendix Fifteen. Answers to the Goldman Band’s Memory Contest in Central Park, New York City, 3 August 1938 No access Pages 225 - 226
Appendix Sixteen. Excerpts from Verdi Played by the Goldman Band, 1936–1946 No access Pages 227 - 228
Appendix Seventeen. Possible Excerpts from Operas, 1940–1980 No access Pages 229 - 232
Bibliography No access Pages 233 - 240
General Index No access Pages 241 - 248
Works Index No access Pages 249 - 252
About the Author No access Pages 253 - 254