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Songs and sounds of the anti-rent movement in upstate New York : including twenty-two new settings of period tunes / Nancy Newman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newman, Nancy, 1944- author.
- Series:
- SUNY series, an American region.
- SUNY Series, an American Region
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Antirent War, N.Y., 1839-1846.
- Protest songs.
- Genre:
- Songs.
- Scores.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (246 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- Includes 22 new settings of period tunes, and examines the expressive culture of the largest antebellum tenant farmer protest from its origin to its 21st-century reverberations.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Land Acknowledgment
- Acknowledgments
- Prelude
- Introduction: Down with the Rent!
- Part 1: Critical Perspectives
- Chapter 1 Tin Horn Rebellion
- The Anti-Rent Imaginary: Themes and Context
- This Land Is Your Land
- Strategies and Challenges
- Chapter 2 A Movement Takes Shape, 1839-1844
- The Conflict Begins
- Initial Expressions, December 1839
- "'Twixt Helderbergh and New York Town"
- Tin Horn Obbligato, 1840
- "Playing … Calico Indian"
- "The News Flew Round …"
- A Tale of Two Advocates
- Fourth of July and More
- "Lecturers Spread the Good News"
- Chapter 3 Climax and Denouement, 1845-1846
- 1845: Unmasked
- Young America
- Showboat Summer
- Original Poetry
- Fourth of July 1845: Albany County
- Fourth of July 1845: Schoharie and Delaware Counties
- More Original Poetry and Homespun Song
- Haste to Delhi
- 1846: The Year in Six Songs
- Coda
- Chapter 4 Living Memory and Legacy
- Aristocracy in the Republic
- Cultural Front Centennial: Regional Resonances
- Cultural Front Centennial: National Notice
- Upstate Folk Spirit
- From Child's Play to Tactical Performance
- Part 2: Musical and Lyrical Works
- List of Works
- Plates
- Gallery
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798855800739
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