- Description
- 1 online resource (xvi, 259 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates)
- Series Statement
- Music in American life
- Uniform Title
- Sounds of the New Deal (Online)
- Music in American life.
- Alternative Title
- Sounds of the New Deal (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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".
- LCCN
- 2014033612
- OCLC
- ssj0001422912
- Author
Gough, Peter, 1960-
- Title
Sounds of the New Deal [electronic resource] : the Federal Music Project in the West / Peter Gough ; foreword by Peggy Seeger.
- Imprint
Urbana, Chicago : University of Illinois Press, [ 2015]
- Series
Music in American life
Music in American life.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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