Virginians Will Dance or Die!

The Importance of Music in Pre-Revolutionary Williamsburg

Joshua R. Lehuray (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

196 Seiten

2016
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6284-8 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

Music was everywhere in pre-Revolutionary Williamsburg, Virginia. While the average citizen enjoyed music during public events, the city's elite spent lavishly on instruments, sheet music and private lessons and held private concerts and dances. Drawing on contemporary newspaper accounts, this book explores 18th-century Williamsburg citizens experienced the growing musical world around them.

Music was everywhere in pre-Revolutionary Williamsburg, Virginia. In 1771, plantation owner Landon Carter noted in his diary that he could hear instruments through the windows of every house in town. In taverns and private homes, at formal performances and dances and casually around the campfire, music filled the daily lives of the people of Williamsburg.

While the average citizen enjoyed music during public events, the city's elite, emulating their British counterparts, spent lavishly on instruments, sheet music and private lessons and held private concerts and dances. Williamsburg's theater, the first of its kind in America, provided a venue for all Virginians and brought numerous musical acts to the stage. Drawing on contemporary newspaper accounts, this book is the first to explore how some 18th-century Williamsburg citizens experienced the growing musical world around them.

Joshua R. LeHuray is an educator at the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia, co-director of the Janesville Fife and Drum Corps from Janesville, Wisconsin and an adjunct history professor at Rappahannock Community College in Virginia. He lives in Richmond.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1. The Progression of Williamsburg’s Musical Marketplace

2. Virginians Will Dance or Die!

3. Casual Music and Common Folk

4. The Vibrant Stage of Williamsburg’s Colonial Theaters

Epilogue

Appendix I: Music Master Cuthbert Ogle’s Musical Estate

Appendix II: Concerts and Dances of Williamsburg

Appendix III: Slaves and Servants Valued for Their Music or Dancing Skills

Appendix IV: Plays and Performances at the Williamsburg Theatres

Appendix V: The Articles of Association, October 20, 1774

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.07.2016
Zusatzinfo	16 photos & illustrations, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	277 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4766-6284-3 / 1476662843
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6284-8 / 9781476662848
Zustand	Neuware