Battle hymns : the power and popularity of music in the Civil War /

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Music was everywhere during the Civil War. Tunes could be heard ringing out from parlour pianos, thundering at political rallies, and setting the rhythms of military and domestic life. With literacy still limited, music was an important vehicle for communicating ideas about the war, and it had a las...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McWhirter, Christian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2012.
Colección:Civil War America (Series)
Temas:
1800-1899
Patriotic music > United States > History and criticism.
Music > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Musique patriotique > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Musique > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Pop Vocal.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Music and war
Music > Social aspects
Patriotic music
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Music and the war.
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Part of everyone's meat and drink : popular music and the Civil War
  • John Browns and battle cries : the patriotic songs of the union
  • Gay deceibers and bonnie blue flags : the anthems of the Confederacy
  • Words were as weapons : music on the home front
  • A wonderful and inspiring influence : music in the armies
  • The choked voice of a race, at last unloosed : African Americans and Civil War music
  • Fresh strains for fresh developments : the end of the war and its music
  • Veterans, memorialists, and the King : the revival and legacy of Civil War music.

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