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Author Winstead, James Lloyd

Title When colleges sang : the story of singing in American college life / J. Lloyd Winstead
Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (353 pages)
Series UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
Contents College Singing amid the Puritan Culture, 1636-1700 -- Sacred and Secular College Singing, 1700-1800 -- Singing in Student Organizations, 1800-1850 -- The First College Songbooks, 1850-1890 -- College Singing at the Turn of the Century, 1890-1910 -- Warring, Roaring, and Scoring, 1910-1930 -- Sounds of College Life, 1930-1950 -- Singing Traditions, 1950-Present -- Epilogue : A Rich Early History of College Singing
Summary This book is an illustrated history of the rich culture of college singing from the earliest days of the American republic to the early twenty-first century. Before fraternity songs, alma maters, and the rahs of college fight songs became commonplace, students sang. Students in the earliest American colleges created their own literary melodies that they shared with their classmates. College singing expanded in conjunction with the growth of the nation and the American higher education system. While it was often simply an entertaining pastime, singing had other subtle and not-so-subtle effects. Singing indoctrinated students into the life of formal and informal student organizations as well as encouraged them to conform to college rituals and celebrations. University faculty used songs to reinforce the religious practices and ceremonial observances that their universities supported. Students used singing for more social purposes: they sang to praise their peer’s achievements (and underachievements), mock the faculty, and provide humor. In extreme circumstances, they sang to intimidate classmates and faculty, and to defy college authorities. Singing was, and still is, an intrinsic part of campus culture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Vocal groups -- United States
Singing -- United States
Music in universities and colleges -- United States
Students' songs -- United States -- History and criticism
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice.
MUSIC -- Lyrics.
MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Vocal.
Music in universities and colleges
Singing
Students' songs
Vocal groups
United States
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012050439
ISBN 9780817386658
0817386653
0817317902
9780817317904