The ideal world of Mrs. Widder's soirée musicale : social identity and musical life in nineteenth-century Ontario /

The ideal world of Mrs. Widder's soirée musicale : social identity and musical life in nineteenth-century Ontario /

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"The printed program of Mrs. Widder's 1844 Soiree Musicale, a formal concert at her lavish Toronto home, lists eleven musicians performing opera, parlour ballads, and glees. This information helped trace the networks which drew a working tenor and leisured Lady and Gentlemen Amateurs into...

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Main Author: Guiguet, Kristina Marie, 1953-
Corporate Author: Canadian Museum of Civilization
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Gatineau, Québec : Canadian Museum of Civilization, ©2004.
Series:Mercury series.
Cultural studies paper (Canadian Museum of Civilization) ; 77.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Performance practice (Music)Ontario > Toronto > 19th century.
Music > Social aspects > Ontario > Toronto > History > 19th century.
Amusements > Ontario > Toronto > History > 19th century.
Performance practice (Music) > Ontario > Toronto > History.
Pratique de l'exécution (Musique) > Ontario > Toronto > Histoire.
Musique > Aspect social > Ontario > Toronto > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Spectacles et divertissements > Ontario > Toronto > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Performance practice (Music)
Amusements
Manners and customs
Music > Social aspects
Toronto (Ont.) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Toronto (Ont.) > Moeurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Ontario > Toronto
History
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Summary:"The printed program of Mrs. Widder's 1844 Soiree Musicale, a formal concert at her lavish Toronto home, lists eleven musicians performing opera, parlour ballads, and glees. This information helped trace the networks which drew a working tenor and leisured Lady and Gentlemen Amateurs into a brilliant program balancing aesthetics with social politics. The Widder program reveals how conventions linking class and gender with musical genre and local issues shaped the meaning of musical life both public and private. The Soiree Musicale, a concert form transplanted from imperial London, was the embodiment of an idealized hierarchical universe."--Jacket.
Physical Description:xvi, 154 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-154).
ISBN:0660193442
9780660193441

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