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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McWhirter, Christian.

Series:

Civil War America.

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Patriotic music--United States--History and criticism.

Patriotic music.

Music--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Music.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Music and the war.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Music was everywhere during the Civil War. Tunes could be heard ringing out from parlor 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 lasting impact in the decades that followed. Drawing on an array of published and archival sources, Christian McWhirter analyzes the myriad ways music influenced popular culture in the years surrounding the war and discusses its deep resonance for both whites and blacks, South and North.Though publ

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798893130317

9798890842398

9781469601861

1469601869

9780807882627

0807882623

OCLC:

780371018