UID:
almafu_9959228506402883
Format:
1 online resource (305 p.)
ISBN:
0-252-09701-7
Series Statement:
Music in American Life
Content:
At its peak the Federal Music Project (FMP) employed nearly 16,000 people who reached millions of Americans through performances, composing, teaching, and folksong collection and transcription. In 'Sounds of the New Deal', Peter Gough explores how the FMP's activities in the West shaped a new national appreciation for the diversity of American musical expression.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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"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".
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-252-03904-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-86988-X
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
