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Battle hymns : the power and popularity of music in the Civil War
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Battle hymns : the power and popularity of music in the Civil War / Christian McWhirter.
ISBN
9780807835500 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807835501 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012.
Physical Description
viii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 24, 2012
Series
Civil War America
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part of everyone's meat and drink : popular music and the Civil War
John Browns and battle cries : the patriotic songs of the union
Gay deceibers and bonnie blue flags : the anthems of the Confederacy
Words were as weapons : music on the home front
A wonderful and inspiring influence : music in the armies
The choked voice of a race, at last unloosed : African Americans and Civil War music
Fresh strains for fresh developments : the end of the war and its music
Veterans, memorialists, and the King : the revival and legacy of Civil War music.
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