A History of Music in Old Mount Vernon with Particular Attention to Woodward Hall and the Nineteenth-Century American Opera House

A History of Music in Old Mount Vernon with Particular Attention to Woodward Hall and the Nineteenth-Century American Opera House

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Main Author: McDaniel, Elizabeth Bleecker
Language:English
Published: The Ohio State University / OhioLINK 2003
Subjects:
MOUNT VERNON
Democratic Banner
WOODWARD HALL
True Whig
Online Access:http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1043091567
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spelling ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu10430915672021-08-03T05:47:51Z A History of Music in Old Mount Vernon with Particular Attention to Woodward Hall and the Nineteenth-Century American Opera House McDaniel, Elizabeth Bleecker MOUNT VERNON Democratic Banner WOODWARD HALL True Whig During the antebellum period, the town of Mount Vernon, Ohio had a flourishing music scene that included performances by both local amateur societies and professional touring groups. When Woodward Hall, located on the top floor of a four-story commercial building, opened its doors to the public in 1851, it provided the town with its first dedicated theater. Newspaper items and other early sources show that the hall was a focus of public culture in the 1850s, hosting concerts, plays, lectures, and art exhibits as well as community activities including dances, church fundraisers, and school exhibitions. The early source materials for Mount Vernon, however, like those for many small towns, are lacunary, and especially so in the case of Woodward Hall. These shortcomings are compensated, to some extent, by materials relating to theaters of similar size and age in other towns, which offer points of comparison for the Woodward and prove it to be a typical mid-nineteenth-century American theater in some respects, and a distinctive one in others. Modern-day music histories have heretofore been silent on the subject of music and opera houses in small towns despite Oscar Sonneck’s call, some ninety years ago, for local music historiography as a necessary first step in creating a complete history of American music. An examination of musical life in antebellum Mount Vernon, a former All-American city, birthplace of pioneering minstrel Dan Emmett, and the home of one of the county’s oldest extant theaters, Woodward Hall, might serve as an exemplar for the music historiography of small towns in the United States, in the challenges as well as the opportunities that it poses to researchers. 2003-01-21 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1043091567 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1043091567 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic MOUNT VERNON
Democratic Banner
WOODWARD HALL
True Whig
spellingShingle MOUNT VERNON
Democratic Banner
WOODWARD HALL
True Whig
McDaniel, Elizabeth Bleecker
A History of Music in Old Mount Vernon with Particular Attention to Woodward Hall and the Nineteenth-Century American Opera House
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title A History of Music in Old Mount Vernon with Particular Attention to Woodward Hall and the Nineteenth-Century American Opera House
title_short A History of Music in Old Mount Vernon with Particular Attention to Woodward Hall and the Nineteenth-Century American Opera House
title_full A History of Music in Old Mount Vernon with Particular Attention to Woodward Hall and the Nineteenth-Century American Opera House
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