1. The United States from 1877 to 1914 Oscar Wilde in Leadville

2. The United States from 1877 to 1914 “To be or not to be, that is the bare Bodkin That makes calamity of so long life; For who would fardels bear, till Birnam Wood do come to Dunsinane, But that the fear of something after death Murders the innocent sleep Great nature’s second course And makes us rather sling arrows of outrageous fortune Than fly to others that we know not of.”

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4. George Washington Plunkitt of New York

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6. Edwin Forrest Edwin Booth

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9. P.T. Barnum John Phillip Sousa

10. The United States from 1877 to 1914 Ole Bull (with a student) and Jenny Lind

11. The United States from 1877 to 1914 No more mixing of musical genres (no more mixing of classical and folk music). Composers, rather than performers, became the central event of the concert. The conductor as God The music can never be edited Amateur music no longer acceptable Henry Lee Higgenson

12. The United States from 1877 to 1914 Phrenology: “Highbrow versus Lowbrow”