“Every Evening at 8”: The Rise of the Promenade Concerts in Late Nineteenth-Century Boston

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Research Article| July 01 2018 “Every Evening at 8”: The Rise of the Promenade Concerts in Late Nineteenth-Century Boston Kenneth H. Marcus Kenneth H. Marcus Kenneth Marcus is a professor of history at the University of La Verne. He holds a BA in history from UC Berkeley; an MBA from École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris; and a PhD in history from Cambridge University. He has published three books and over fifty articles, book chapters, encyclopedia entries, and book reviews on subjects ranging from California cultural history to music patronage in early modern Germany. Among his media projects is a CD entitled Some American Music, featuring his own works as well as compositions by Scott Joplin, George Gershwin, and Woody Guthrie, for which he performed on piano and guitar. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Music (2018) 36 (2): 194–221. https://doi.org/10.5406/americanmusic.36.2.0194 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Kenneth H. Marcus; “Every Evening at 8”: The Rise of the Promenade Concerts in Late Nineteenth-Century Boston. American Music 1 January 2018; 36 (2): 194–221. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/americanmusic.36.2.0194 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressAmerican Music Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2018 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois2018 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.