Sounds of the New Deal : the Federal Music Project in the West /

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At its peak the Federal Music Project (FMP) employed nearly 16,000 people who reached millions of Americans through performances, composing, teaching, and folksong collection and transcription. In 'Sounds of the New Deal', Peter Gough explores how the FMP's activities in the West shap...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Gough, Peter, 1960- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Urbana, Chicago : University of Illinois Press, [ 2015]
Collection:Music in American life.
Sujets:
Federal Music Project (U.S.)
1900-1999
Government aid to music > United States.
Music > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Music and state > United States > History > 20th century.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
Aide de l'État à la musique > États-Unis.
Musique > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Musique > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
New Deal.
Government aid to music.
Music and state.
Music > Social aspects.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Classical.
MUSIC > Reference.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
West (U.S.) > Songs and music > History and criticism.
États-Unis (Ouest) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
United States.
West United States.
History.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • "Musicians have to eat, too!" : the New Deal and the FMP
  • "Out where the West begins" : Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada
  • Innovation, participation, and "a horrible musical stew" : California
  • "Spit, baling wire, mirrors" and the WPA : Colorado, Utah, Oregon, and Washington
  • "No one sings as convincingly as the darkies do" : song and diversity
  • "Ballad for americans" : the music of the popular front
  • "The folk of the nation" : no horses need apply
  • Conclusion : "The varied carols we hear".

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