Sheet music of the Confederacy : a history / Robert I. Curtis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curtis, Robert I., 1943- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Confederate States of America--History and criticism.

Music.

Sheet music--United States--History--19th century.

Sheet music.

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

United States.

Music and war.

United States--Confederate States of America.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 496 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : MCFARLAND, 2023.

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2024]

Summary:

""The creation of the Confederate States of America and the subsequent Civil War inspired composers, lyricists, and music publishers in Southern and border states, and even in foreign countries, to support the new nation. Confederate-imprint sheet music articulated and encouraged Confederate nationalism, honored soldiers and military leaders, comforted family and friends, and provided diversion from the hardships of war. This is the first comprehensive history of the sheet music of the Confederacy. It covers works published before the war in Southern states that seceded from the Union, and those published during the war in Union occupied capitals, border and Northern states, and foreign countries. It is also the first work to examine the contribution of postwar Confederate-themed sheet music to the South's response to its defeat, to the creation and fostering of Lost Cause themes, and to the promotion of national reunion and reconciliation."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Secession and war. Pre-secession sheet music ; The sheet music business in the wartime South ; Confederate nationalism : states rights and national symbols ; Confederate nationalism : Confederate flags ; Confederate nationalism : national anthems ; War and its participants ; The home front : living with the war ; Home and family during the war ; Border states ; Federal-occupied Southern capitals and Northern cities

Part II. Postwar to 1898 and foreign countries. Resignation, resistance, and remembrance ; The lost cause ; Reunion and reconciliation ; Foreign countries

Appendices. The music sheet ; Confederate imprint vs. Confederate-related sheet music ; Dating sheet music ; What constitutes a separate listing? ; Nineteenth-century terminology for songs and instrumental music ; Sheet music recorded in Confederate copyright records ; Differing lyrics for different Dixies (first verse and chorus only).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781476692616

1476692610

OCLC:

1380393163

Publisher Number:

99996274619