“Putting Into Music the Subjugation of the Desert”: The American Band Movement in Phoenix, 1885-1920

abstract: This paper contains a cultural history of the band movement in territorial Phoenix, Arizona, from about 1885-1915. I discuss how bands formed, performed, and fundraised; and how their audiences supported them. Cultural historians have conducted studies of the band movement on a national sc...

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Other Authors: Tester, Amanda (Author)
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.38372