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After Pearl Harbor, Tin Pan Alley songwriters rushed to write the Great American War Song -- an ""Over There"" for World War II. The most popular songs, however, continued to be romantic ballads, escapist tunes, or novelty songs. To remedy the situation, the federal government cr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Kathleen E. R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.
Temas:
1939-1950
Popular music > United States > 1941-1950 > History and criticism.
World War, 1939-1945 > Music and the war.
Musique populaire > États-Unis > 1941-1950 > Histoire et critique.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Musique et guerre.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Music and war
Popular music
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:After Pearl Harbor, Tin Pan Alley songwriters rushed to write the Great American War Song -- an ""Over There"" for World War II. The most popular songs, however, continued to be romantic ballads, escapist tunes, or novelty songs. To remedy the situation, the federal government created the National Wartime Music Committee, an advisory group of the Office of War Information (OWI), which outlined ""proper"" war songs, along with tips on how and what to write. The music business also formed its own Music War Committee to promote war songs. Neither group succeeded. The OWI hoped that Tin Pan Alley c
Descripción Física:1 online resource (324 pages)
ISBN:9780813159485
0813159482

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