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Battle hymns : the power and popularity of music in the Civil War / Christian McWhirter.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3551.4 .M39 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McWhirter, Christian.
- Series:
- Civil War America.
- Civil War America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music--Social aspects.
- History.
- Patriotic music.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Music and the war.
- United States.
- Patriotic music--United States--History and criticism.
- Music--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.
- Music.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807835500
- 0807835501
- OCLC:
- 748812934
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