| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Music in American life |
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Music in American life.
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| Contents |
New England country and western music and the myth of Southern authenticity -- A history of New England country and western music, 1925-1975 -- Finding community in the New England country and western event -- Home on the grange : the frontier between "American" and "immigrant" worldviews in New England country and western -- It beats digging clams : the working life of country and western musicians in the barnstorming era -- The New England cowboy : regional resistance to national culture |
| Summary |
Merging scholarly insight with a professional guitarist's keen sense of the musical life, 'Yankee Twang' delves into the rich tradition of country and western music that is played and loved in the mill towns and cities of the American northeast. Clifford R. Murphy draws on a wealth of ethnographic material, interviews, and encounters with recorded and live music to reveal the central role of country and western in the social lives and musical activity of working-class New Englanders |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Country music -- New England -- History and criticism
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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Country music
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New England
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| Genre/Form |
Music criticism and reviews
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Music criticism and reviews.
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Comptes rendus de musique.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2014012436 |
| ISBN |
9780252096617 |
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0252096614 |
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0252038673 |
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9780252038679 |
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