Waltz the Hall : The American Play Party /

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What did young people do for diversion and socialization in communities that banned most dancing and considered the fiddle to be the devil's instrument? The American play party was the fundamentalist's answer. Here the singing was a cappella, the dancers followed prescribed steps, and arm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spurgeon, Alan L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1830-1950.
Volksmusik
Ländlicher Raum
Singing games.
Play-party.
Games with music.
Folk songs, English.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Folk & Traditional.
GAMES > Travel Games.
GAMES > Reference.
Jeux avec musique > Histoire et critique.
Jeux chantes.
Games with music > History and criticism.
Folk songs, English > United States > History and criticism.
USA.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An overview of the traditional play party gathering
  • Play parties in the African American community
  • The play party songs and their movements
  • The prohibition against dancing
  • Origins of the play party
  • Previous research on play parties
  • The demise of the play party.

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