Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Kahre, Sarah Elizabeth
Author's Email Address	sarah.e.kahre@gmail.com
URN	etd-07122008-211239
Title	"He Knew that a Valley was a Culture": W.S. Mason and the Formation of a Musical Community in Charleston, West Virginia, 1906-1956.
Degree	Master of Music
Department	Music, College of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Denise Von Glahn Committee Chair Charles E. Brewer Committee Member Michael B. Bakan Committee Member
Keywords	Community Music American Music Twentieth Century Music Music Education
Date of Defense	2008-06-27
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract There are many examples of small communities where members of the population took action to fill a cultural void; one is Charleston, West Virginia. A critical figure in the development of Charleston’s active performing community was William Sandheger Mason (1873-1941), founder of the Mason College of Music and Fine Arts. Both through the influence of his school and his own performing and conducting in the 1910s and 1920s, Mason established a taste for European art music in the rapidly growing city. Although most of the organizations he founded failed during the Great Depression, Mason’s school continued to influence the area well after his death. Additionally, Mason facilitated the successes of the organizations that serve the area today by establishing a base of both performers and concertgoers.
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