Music of the First World War / Don Tyler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tyler, Don.

Series:

American history through music.

American history through music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Music.

United States--History--World War, 1914-1918--Music and the war.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxviii, 283 pages) : illustrations.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, [2016]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

This book discusses WWI-era music in a historical context, explaining music's importance at home and abroad during WWI as well as examining what music was being sung, played, and danced to during the years prior to America's involvement in the Great War.

Contents:

Music's contribution to the war effort

Popular hits of the war years

Stage music during the war years

Blues and rags during World War I

Jazz during World War I

Classical music during World War I

Appendix A. Most successful composers and lyricists of the WWI era

Appendix B. Top recording artists of the WWI era.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400688720

9798216120520

9781440839979

1440839972

OCLC:

956332416