Singing in San Francisco: Cultivating choral music from the Gold Rush to the 1906 earthquake.

详细信息   

• 作者：George ; Ellen Olsen.
• 学历：Ph.D.
• 年：2013
• 导师：Lott, R. Allen,eadvisor
• 毕业院校：Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
• ISBN：9781303108747
• CBH：3570150
• Country：USA
• 语种：English
• FileSize：7216748
• Pages：162

文摘

Choral music in San Francisco flourished from the citys earliest days. Ensembles, societies, and clubs were formed by both amateur and professional singers, conductors, and teachers. These community-generated groups revealed a desire among immigrants to establish a cultural center in the western United States. This dissertation documents the growth, decline, and continual renewal of choral groups in San Francisco until the 1906 earthquake. An appendix lists choral works performed from 1852 to 1906. The earliest ad hoc choral groups were initiated by touring vocalists, Elisa Biscaccianti and Anna Bishop, but more permanent groups were begun, including the San Francisco Philharmonic Societys singing section from 1853 to 1855 by George Loder, and the San Francisco Harmonic Society by Rudolph Herold from 1857 to 1860. Early performances included Rossinis Stabat Mater and Haydns Creation. German groups included the S&auml；ngerbund, Turn Verein, Eintracht, and the San Francisco Mannerchor who contributed to local premieres of Davids Le Dé；sert and Webers Der Freischü；tz.. The Handel and Haydn Society of San Francisco performed mainly sacred works from 1861 through 1890. Its many directors included Gustav Scott, George T. Evans, and John P. Morgan. Camilla Urso collaborated with the society and region-wide groups in her 1869 Grand Musical Festival. Similar events were given in 1883 and 1885 by Theodore Thomas and in 1889 by Patrick S. Gilmore. Carl Zerrahn contributed to San Franciscos 1878 May festival. Beginning in 1877, the Loring Club and the Schumann Club in 1884 performed madrigals, part-songs, and larger works such as Schumanns Der Rose Pilgerfahrt.. The Oratorio Society of San Francisco, led by Jacob H. Rosewald from 1885 to 1887, and the San Francisco Oratorio Society, led by James H. Howe from 1895 to 1899, offered works including Mendelssohns Elijah, Gounods Ré；demption with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in 1896), and Dudley Bucks The Light of Asia. Howe also began similar oratorio societies in Oakland, San Jose, Marysville, and Sacramento in the late 1890s and early 1900s. The Apollo Choral Society with director Henry B. Pasmore presented with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra the 1898 local premiere of Beethovens Ninth Symphony..