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Music of the Great Depression / William H. Young and Nancy K. Young.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Young, William H., 1939-
- Series:
- American history through music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular music--United States--1921-1930--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- Popular music--United States--1931-1940--History and criticism.
- Depressions--1929--United States.
- Depressions.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 304 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- This volume in the new American History through Music reference series examines how popular music came to the fore during the Great Depression and explores the lives of the great musicians who contributed to making and performing the music that helped America through one of its most difficult times.
- Contents:
- Music and media : radio, sheet music, and recordings
- Popular hits and standards
- Music from Broadway and Hollywood
- The rise of swing and the triumph of the big bands
- Roots music
- The classical tradition and the Federal Music Project
- Outstanding musical artists from the 1930s.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-260) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0313332304
- OCLC:
- 56599714
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