| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Music in American Life |
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Music in American life
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| 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." |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Federal Music Project (U.S.)
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| SUBJECT |
Federal Music Project (U.S.) fast (OCoLC)fst00706379 |
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Government aid to music -- United States
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Music -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Music and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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New Deal, 1933-1939.
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New Deal.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical.
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MUSIC -- Reference.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
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New Deal, 1933-1939
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Government aid to music.
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Music and state.
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Music -- Social aspects.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780252097010 |
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0252097017 |
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9781322869889 |
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132286988X |
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