Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Prelude; Chapter One Drawing Rooms, Taverns, Churches, and Tobacco Fields: Music in Early Maryland; Chapter Two Something for Everyone: Maryland Music from Independence to the 1850s; Chapter Three Intermission: The Sounds of Civil War; Chapter Four Toward Union and Concord; Chapter Five My Maryland; Chapter Six Musical Airs, Aired Music; Coda; Notes; Index.
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In Musical Maryland, the first comprehensive survey of the music emanating from the Old Line State, David K. Hildebrand and Elizabeth M. Schaaf explore the myriad ways in which music has enriched the lives of Marylanders. From the drinking songs of colonial Annapolis, the liturgical music of the Zion Lutheran Church, and the work songs of the tobacco fields to the exuberant marches of late nineteenth-century Baltimore Orioles festivals, Chick Webb's mastery on drums, and the triumphs of the Baltimore Opera Society, this richly illustrated volume explores more than 300 years of Maryland's music history. The book also offers a sampling of the tunes that Maryland's more remarkable composers and performers, including Billie Holiday, Eubie Blake, and Cab Calloway, contributed to American music.--Publisher's description.