Moral Fire : Musical Portraits from America's Fin de Siècle.

Joseph Horowitz writes in Moral Fire: "If the Met's screaming Wagnerites standing on chairs (in the 1890s) are unthinkable today, it is partly because we mistrust high feeling. Our children avidly specialize in vicarious forms of electronic interpersonal diversion. Our laptops and televisi...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Horowitz, Joseph
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Subjects:

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000Mi 4500
001 b9673062
003 CoU
005 20170929044312.6
006 m o d
007 cr |||||||||||
008 120312s2012 cau ob 001 0 eng d
019 |a 785335684  |a 787846285  |a 961539931  |a 962597244  |a 988498171  |a 988507324  |a 992076612 
020 |a 9780520951860  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 0520951867  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 0520267443 
020 |a 9780520267442 
035 |a (OCoLC)ebqac779828969 
035 |a (OCoLC)779828969  |z (OCoLC)785335684  |z (OCoLC)787846285  |z (OCoLC)961539931  |z (OCoLC)962597244  |z (OCoLC)988498171  |z (OCoLC)988507324  |z (OCoLC)992076612 
037 |a ebqac869323 
040 |a EBLCP  |b eng  |e pn  |c EBLCP  |d OCLCQ  |d N$T  |d OCLCQ  |d YDXCP  |d OCLCQ  |d NLGGC  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d IDEBK  |d OCLCF  |d E7B  |d CDX  |d DKDLA  |d JSTOR  |d COO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCL  |d OCLCQ  |d AGLDB  |d ZCU  |d OCLCQ  |d MERUC  |d OCLCQ 
043 |a n-us--- 
049 |a GWRE 
050 4 |a ML200.4 
100 1 |a Horowitz, Joseph. 
245 1 0 |a Moral Fire :  |b Musical Portraits from America's Fin de Siècle. 
260 |a Berkeley :  |b University of California Press,  |c 2012. 
300 |a 1 online resource (285 pages) 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent. 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia. 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier. 
505 0 |a Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Prologue: Screaming Wagnerites and America's Fin de Siècle; 1. Henry Higginson: High Culture, High Finance, and Useful Citizenship; 2. Henry Krehbiel: The German-American Transaction; 3. Laura Holloway Langford: Servitude, Disquiet, and "The History of Womankind"; 4. Charles Ives: Gentility and Rebellion; Summation: Defining an American Fin de Siècle; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520 |a Joseph Horowitz writes in Moral Fire: "If the Met's screaming Wagnerites standing on chairs (in the 1890s) are unthinkable today, it is partly because we mistrust high feeling. Our children avidly specialize in vicarious forms of electronic interpersonal diversion. Our laptops and televisions ensnare us in a surrogate world that shuns all but facile passions; only Jon Stewart and Bill Maher share moments of moral outrage disguised as comedy." Arguing that the past can prove instructive and inspirational, Horowitz revisits four astonishing personalities--Henry Higginson, Laura Langford, Henry. 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
600 1 0 |a Higginson, Henry Lee,  |d 1834-1919. 
600 1 0 |a Krehbiel, Henry Edward,  |d 1854-1923. 
600 1 0 |a Holloway, Laura C.  |q (Laura Carter),  |d 1848-1930. 
600 1 0 |a Ives, Charles,  |d 1874-1954. 
650 0 |a Music  |z United States  |y 19th century  |x History and criticism. 
650 0 |a Music  |z United States  |y 20th century  |x History and criticism. 
650 0 |a Music patronage  |z United States  |x History  |y 19th century. 
650 0 |a Music patronage  |z United States  |x History  |y 20th century. 
650 0 |a Musical criticism  |z United States  |x History  |y 19th century. 
650 0 |a Musical criticism  |z United States  |x History  |y 20th century. 
600 1 7 |a Higginson, Henry Lee,  |d 1834-1919.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00196152. 
600 1 7 |a Holloway, Laura C.  |q (Laura Carter),  |d 1848-1930.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01775077. 
600 1 7 |a Ives, Charles,  |d 1874-1954.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00052264. 
600 1 7 |a Krehbiel, Henry Edward,  |d 1854-1923.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00052262. 
650 7 |a Music.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01030269. 
650 7 |a Music patronage.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01030583. 
650 7 |a Musical criticism.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01030706. 
651 7 |a United States.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01204155. 
655 7 |a Criticism, interpretation, etc.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01411635. 
655 7 |a History.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01411628. 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a Horowitz, Joseph.  |t Moral Fire : Musical Portraits from America's Fin de Siècle.  |d Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012  |z 9780520267442. 
856 4 0 |u http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ucb/detail.action?docID=869323  |z Full Text (via ProQuest) 
907 |a .b96730626  |b 07-02-19  |c 10-03-17 
998 |a web  |b  - -   |c f  |d b   |e z  |f eng  |g cau  |h 0  |i 1 
956 |a Ebook Central Academic Complete 
956 |b Ebook Central Academic Complete 
999 f f |i d450bf61-3306-5f1a-839c-76702b031ebb  |s da6931f3-92db-50f9-96b8-97c18b96ccc0 
952 f f |p Can circulate  |a University of Colorado Boulder  |b Online  |c Online  |d Online  |e ML200.4  |h Library of Congress classification  |i web  |n 1