Music in Ohio

by OSBORNE WILLIAM N.

• ISBN13: 9780873387750
• ISBN10: 0873387759
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-30
• Publisher: Kent State Univ Pr

Summary

Music has played an important role in Ohio's cultural vitality. In northeast Ohio alone, for example, a person may find the latitude of Ohio's music to include one of the world's most renowned and recorded symphony orchestras, the architecturally innovative Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, the National Polka Hall of Fame, and the noted collections of the Riemenschneider Bach Institute. Music in Ohio offers a comprehensive and ambitious look at music as it has been practiced throughout the state during the last two centuries--from folk to jazz to rock to polka. Author William N. Osborne also examines the music of the Moravians, Mormons, and Welsh, as well as other religious music and choral music. He discusses the state's two major symphony orchestras, the Cincinnati Opera, and the May Festival. He also includes an overview of public school music-education programs and those of the principal collegiate institutions. With its generalist approach but significantly scholarly content, this all-encompassing volume celebrates Ohio's rich musical legacy. Music hi

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	p. vii
The Pre-Civil War Beginnings
The Pre-Urban Wilderness	p. 3
Marietta	p. 9
Cincinnati	p. 18
Cleveland	p. 41
Zanesville	p. 52
Education
The Singing School	p. 63
Public School Music in Cincinnati	p. 91
The Foundations of Public School Music in Oberlin, Zanesville, Cleveland, and Columbus	p. 116
The Cleveland Music School Settlement	p. 134
The Lane Conservatory of Music	p. 145
The Dana School of Music	p. 149
The Oberlin College Conservatory of Music	p. 156
The Conservatory and College of Music of Cincinnati	p. 173
The Cleveland Institute of Music	p. 195
Art Music
Art Museums and a Hall of Fame	p. 201
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra	p. 207
The Cleveland Orchestra	p. 227
Opera in Cincinnati	p. 257
May Festival	p. 281
Baldwin-Wallace College Bach Festival	p. 300
Religious Music and Singing Societies
Protestant and Jewish Hymnals	p. 307
The Mormons	p. 315
The Shakers	p. 317
White Gospel Song	p. 322
The Moravians	p. 329
Zoar	p. 336
The German Singing Societies	p. 343
The Welsh	p. 361
From Folk through Minstrelsy to Pop, Jazz, and Rock
Indigenous Folk Song	p. 373
Blackface Minstrelsy	p. 409
Popular Song	p. 421
The Cleveland-Style Polka	p. 437
Bands	p. 442
Jazz	p. 463
Cleveland Rocks	p. 468
The Music Industry
Instrument Makers	p. 483
Music Publishers	p. 510
Recorded Sound	p. 525
Biographies of Prominent Ohioans in Music	p. 527
A Sampling of Sheet Music Published in Ohio, 1857-1943	p. 553
Notes	p. 557
Bibliography	p. 624
Index	p. 641
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