Sweet freedom's song : "My country 'tis of thee" and democracy in America / Robert James Branham & Stephen J. Hartnett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Branham, Robert James, author.

Hartnett, Stephen J., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National songs--United States.

Democracy--United States--Songs and music.

United States--Songs and music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a celebration and critical exploration of the complicated musical, cultural and political roles played by the song America over the last 250 years. Its story offers insights into democracy in the US.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: "You Can Sing What Would Be Death to Speak"; ONE: "God Save the _____!": Institutionalizing, Appropriating, and Contesting Nationalism through Song, 1744-1798; TWO: "The Subordination of the Different Parts and Voices": Popularizing "America" through Grassroots Activism, 1826-1850; THREE: "Bombast, Fraud, Deception, Impiety, and Hypocrisy" in the "Dark Land of Slavery," 1830-1859; FOUR: "Teach Us True Liberty": "America" in the Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1869; FIVE: Reforming the "Sweet Land of Knavery": "America" and Political Protest, 1870-1932

Epilogue: "America," "God Save the Queen," and PostmodernityAppendix A: Sixteen Versions of "God Save the King" and "My Country 'Tis of Thee," Organized Chronologically, 1744-1891; Appendix B: Selective List of Alternative American Versions of "God Save the King" and "America," 1759-1900; Notes; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

9780197716649

0197716644

9780190285906

0190285907

9781280473715

1280473711

9780195350296

0195350294

9781602569584

1602569584

OCLC:

191038686