Project Gutenberg 2025-04-19 Public domain in the USA. 288 Van Vechten, Carl 1880 1964 Vetchen, Carl Van Vechten, Carl Van Music and bad manners $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf, $c1916. Music and bad manners -- Music for the movies -- Spain and music -- Shall we realize Wagner's ideals? -- The bridge burners -- A new principle in music -- Leo Ornstein. Carla Foust, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Music and Bad Manners" by Carl Van Vechten is a collection of essays on music and musical culture, written in the early 20th century. The book explores the intersection of music and social behavior, delving into anecdotes, critical commentary, and historical reflections. Its likely central focus is on the quirks, controversies, and evolving practices within the world of Western music as observed around the turn of that century. Readers can expect lively accounts of musicians, audiences, performance etiquette, and cultural phenomena related to music, presented with wit and insight rather than as a systematic treatise. The opening of "Music and Bad Manners" sets a conversational and anecdotal tone, beginning with a witty assertion that musicians, singers, and even audiences are famously ill-mannered. The author recounts stories, both historical and modern, about musicians’ eccentricities and the unruly behavior of concertgoers, highlighting incidents ranging from on-stage outbursts to composers poking fun at musical conventions. This section also contains reflections on the changing nature of audience responses and the bravura—and sometimes obstinacy—of performers, illustrated with colorful examples from the opera and concert stage. Subsequent essays transition into topics like the lack of original music for early cinema, the influence of Spanish music, and the difficulties in defining national musical identity, all showcased with engaging storytelling and a critical, amused perspective. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/musicbadmanners00vanvrich/page/n3/mode/2up 20220530063206vanvechten 1916 US Reading ease score: 65.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Composers Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism ML Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Music 339087 2025-07-30T05:48:03.434000 text/html 314301 2025-04-19T11:03:10 text/html 398392 2025-07-30T05:48:09.923950 application/epub+zip 397113 2025-07-30T05:48:05.053983 application/epub+zip 280843 2025-07-30T05:48:04.062014 application/epub+zip 782747 2025-07-30T05:48:13.371970 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 748420 2025-07-30T05:48:09.281018 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306719 2025-07-30T05:48:02.876014 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 286816 2025-04-19T11:03:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16646 2025-07-30T05:48:13.524935 application/rdf+xml 13999 2025-07-30T05:48:04.271979 image/jpeg 2503 2025-07-30T05:48:04.166992 image/jpeg 615958 2025-07-30T05:48:03.470002 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia