Sheet Music of the Confederacy : A History.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curtis, Robert I.

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (523 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated 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:

Cover

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and Symbols

Preface

Introduction

Part I. Secession and War

­1. Pre-Secession Sheet Music

2. The Sheet Music Business in the Wartime South

3. Confederate Nationalism

4. Confederate Nationalism

5. Confederate Nationalism

6. War and Its Participants

7. The Home Front

8. Home and Family During the War

9. Border States

­10. Federal-Occupied Southern Capitals and Northern Cities

Part II. Postwar to 1898 and Foreign Countries

11. Resignation, Resistance, and Remembrance

12. The Lost Cause

13. Reunion and Reconciliation

14. Foreign Countries

Appendix 1a: The Music Sheet

Appendix 1b: ­ Confederate-Imprint vs ­ Confederate-Related Sheet Music

Appendix 1c: Dating Sheet Music

Appendix 1d: What Constitutes a Separate Listing?

Appendix 2: Nineteenth Century Terminology for Songs and Instrumental Music

Appendix 3: Sheet Music Recorded in Confederate Copyright Records

Appendix 4: Differing Lyrics for Different Dixies (First Verse and Chorus only)

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

General Index

Name Index

Titles Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4766-5076-4