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Title:Orpheus in the Wilderness : A History of Music in Denver, 1860-1925
Author:Henry Miles
ISBN:0942576497 : 9780942576498
Illustrations:27 b/w photos, 18 illus, 1 map, 5 tables
Format:Paperback
Size:215x280mm
Pages:308
Weight: .741 Kg.
Published:University Press of Colorado (Colorado Historical Society) - September 2006
List Price: 19.99 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Colorado: MUSIC: Social & cultural history


This book offers an in-depth look at the city's musical development -- from banjo and tambourine solos to symphony orchestras. Originating in Denver's pioneer churches, serious music rapidly expanded from choral singing to recitals, concerts, and chamber music. Civil and military bands joined in the procession of musical forms, and internationally known prima donnas took the stage at the Tabor Grand Opera House. Henry Miles's authoritative study also includes a look at music education, the people who shaped the musical landscape of Denver, and music reviewers whose words of praise or blame accompanied practically every performance.

Of Pioneers and Puritans; Both Sacred and Secular; The Singing City; Expanding the Repertoire; Drumbeats; Orchestral Overtures; Intimate Delights; Of Prima Donnas and Diverse Divas; A Piano for a Horse or Buggy; Practice, Practice, Practice!; Appendices; Indexes.