Upcoming Events at Newberry Library
Wed Oct 17, 7:00 PM - Wed Oct 17, 8:30 PM
60 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610
Community: Old Town
Description
See the web page for this Meet the Author program. The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 is celebrated as a key moment in the cultural life of the city and the nation.
Event Details
Music played a significant role at the Fair, both in the Exposition proper and on the Midway, from the officially sanctioned orchestral concerts by the new Chicago Symphony Orchestra and other classical musicians to the various cultural ensembles and street musicians on the Midway and beyond. Primarily at the Midway, Americans received their first taste of musical exoticism, including their first exposure to Indonesian gamelan music and the Hawaiian hula. Most visitors regarded the sounds as “cacophonous” rather than musical, but a door had been opened to a wider world of musical experience, and it would never be closed again.
This musical performance will feature music drawn from the Newberry’s extensive archive of World’s Columbian Exposition material, including pieces actually heard at the Fair in 1893 along with music that was sold as “souvenir” pieces, quickly written by composers to capitalize on the “Fair craze” that seized the nation, to be taken home and performed in the living rooms and parlors across the country.
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This musical performance will feature music drawn from the Newberry’s extensive archive of World’s Columbian Exposition material, including pieces actually heard at the Fair in 1893 along with music that was sold as “souvenir” pieces, quickly written by composers to capitalize on the “Fair craze” that seized the nation, to be taken home and performed in the living rooms and parlors across the country.
After registering for this program, you will begin to receive the Newberry's twice-a-month e-newsletter. If you would not like to receive further communications from the Newberry, please click "unsubscribe" at the bottom of our e-newsletter. We do not share or sell your contact information with anyone.
