Project Gutenberg 2006-10-12 Public domain in the USA. 290 Alverson, Margaret Blake 1836 1923 Blake-Alverson, Margaret Sixty Years of California Song Reading ease score: 71.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by David Newman, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Sixty Years of California Song" by Margaret Blake-Alverson is a historical memoir written in the early 20th century. The volume recounts the author’s life journey intertwined with music, stretching from her family's musical heritage to her experiences in California. The narrative encompasses the author's childhood, professional singing career, and significant musical contributions to the development of the arts in California. At the start of the memoir, the author reflects on her childhood influenced by a musical family led by her father, a reverend, whose ministry shaped their lives. She reminisces about the family’s move to California during the Gold Rush, highlighting the challenges and adventures they faced. The opening sections emphasize her father's dedication to his ministry, the family’s early experiences of loss and longing, and how music became a transformative element in their lives, laying a foundation for Alverson's future in song and performance within the emerging cultural landscape of California. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Music -- California -- History and criticism ML Text Music Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Music 814708 814626 2025-02-08T10:15:33.094315 2023-09-09T04:51:18.945492 text/html text/html 817444 2006-10-11T23:54:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3819702 2006-10-11T23:54:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3998163 2025-02-08T10:15:48.876210 application/epub+zip 4003210 2025-02-08T10:15:36.266296 application/epub+zip 346220 2025-02-08T10:15:34.552311 application/epub+zip 5005046 2025-02-08T10:15:56.692221 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 4927783 2025-02-08T10:15:46.383262 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 503552 2022-09-09T09:57:06.224135 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 711422 711322 2025-02-08T10:15:31.398312 2023-09-09T04:51:16.912481 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 711366 2006-10-11T23:54:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 258594 2006-10-11T23:54:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 711363 2006-10-11T23:54:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 258548 2006-10-11T23:54:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21707 2025-02-08T10:15:56.841187 application/rdf+xml 33917 2025-02-08T10:15:34.699290 image/jpeg 4554 2025-02-08T10:15:34.624291 image/jpeg 3841745 2025-02-08T10:15:33.371296 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia