Sounds of the New Deal : the Federal Music Project in the West / Peter Gough ; foreword by Peggy Seeger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gough, Peter, 1960- author.

Seeger, Peggy, author of introduction, etc.

Series:

Music in American life.

Music in American Life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government aid to music--United States.

Government aid to music.

Music--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Music.

Music and state--United States--History--20th century.

Music and state.

New Deal, 1933-1939.

Federal Music Project (U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At its peak the Federal Music Project (FMP) employed nearly 16,000 people who reached millions of Americans through performances, composing, teaching, and folksong collection and transcription. In 'Sounds of the New Deal', Peter Gough explores how the FMP's activities in the West shaped a new national appreciation for the diversity of American musical expression.

Contents:

"Musicians have to eat, too!" : the New Deal and the FMP

"Out where the West begins" : Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada

Innovation, participation, and "a horrible musical stew" : California

"Spit, baling wire, mirrors" and the WPA : Colorado, Utah, Oregon, and Washington

"No one sings as convincingly as the darkies do" : song and diversity

"Ballad for americans" : the music of the popular front

"The folk of the nation" : no horses need apply

Conclusion : "The varied carols we hear".

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780252097010

0252097017

OCLC:

901274843