Sounds of war: music in the United States during World War II

✍ Scribed by Annegret Fauser

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 384
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Frontmatter
Acknowledgments (page ix)
Abbreviations (page xiii)
Introduction (page 1)
CHAPTER ONE "We, as Musicians, Are Soldiers, Too..." (page 15)
Musicians in Uniform (page 18)
Performing for Victory (page 32)
Composition in the War Effort (page 54)
Cultural Mediators and Educators (page 64)
CHAPTER TWO "Shaping Music for Total War" (page 76)
Music in the Service of Propaganda: The Office of War Information (page 77)
Crossing Borders: Music, Diplomacy, and the State Department (page 94)
The Singing Army: Uplift and Education for a Nation (page 106)
Music Therapy and the "Reconditioning" of Soldiers (page 127)
CHAPTER THREE "I Hear America Singing..." (page 135)
Sounds of a Usable Past (page 138)
Salutes to American Folk Song (page 151)
Voicing Opera in America (page 161)
CHAPTER FOUR "The Great Invasion" (page 178)
Living in Exile (page 180)
French Connections, Czech Identities (page 187)
Refugees from Axis Nations (page 202)
CHAPTER FIVE "Hail Muse Americana!" (page 224)
Commemoration and Patriotic Celebration (page 227)
Celebrating the American Way (page 239)
New World Symphonies (page 255)
Notes (page 273)
Works Cited (page 327)
Index (page 347)

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