Keywords: Popular Music of the early Nineteenth Century
Item 27871
Reception Lobby of Y.M.C.A., Columbian Block, Bath, 1916
Contributed by: An individual through Patten Free Library Date: 1916 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print
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Before the era of recorded music and radio, nearly every community had a band that played at parades and other civic events. Fire departments had bands, military units had bands, theaters had bands. Band music was everywhere.
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A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland
Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.
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Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography
"In mid nineteenth century Maine music was popularized through the efforts of individual musicians and local musical groups, especially bands."
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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill
"In 1805, music was introduced to the school. Soon the arts became popular, and students began to pay for painting, drawing and music lessons."
