In Vogue with the Vulgar: Music in the War of 1812
David Hildebrand will perform in costume and on period instruments music that was heard in homes, on the streets and in taverns and theaters two hundred years ago. The popular music of this time reflected a wide range of events and themes from the early stirrings of party politics under President Adams, the traumatic effect of Jefferson's Embargo in 1807, through the triumph at Fort McHenry and the last battle in New Orleans in 1814. This program tells the true story of the birth of the Star-Spangled Banner.