Mechanical music folks in Northern California may be interested in a
presentation to be given at the Society for American Music conference
being held in Sacramento, California. On Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m.,
the following seminar will be presented:
"Proper Attitude Toward the Player": Promotion of the
Early-Twentieth-Century Player Piano from Showroom to Parlor
Catherine Hennessy Wolter, University of Illinois
One day tickets are available for $35. The conference is being held at
the Sheraton Grand Hotel.
Paul Johnson
[ At http://www.american-music.org/conferences/Sacramento/2015_SAM_Program_FINAL.pdf
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[ "My paper explores the efforts of player piano proselytizers
[ and industry members to integrate player piano technology into the
[ fabric of American musical life through the lens of two little-
[ known periodicals.
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[ "I examine The "Player" Magazine (1911-1912), a music appreciation
[ publication with interest in how its editor used iconography,
[ persuasive rhetoric, and narratives of music appreciation and
[ progress to depict a legitimate and elevated space for music making
[ at the player piano.
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[ "My study of The Player-Piano/The Player-Piano Journal (1911-1916),
[ a trade journal, focuses on its pro-reform stance, including its
[ contributors' perspectives on retail sales techniques and advertising."
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[ -- Robbie
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