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O say can you hear? : a cultural biography of \The Star-spangled banner\
\"The fascinating story of America's national anthem and an examination of its powerful meaning today. Most Americans learn the tale in elementary school: During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key witnessed the daylong bombardment of Baltimore's Fort McHenry by British navy ships; seeing the Stars and Stripes still flying proudly at first light, he was inspired to pen his famous lyric. What Americans don't know is the story of how this everyday \"broadside ballad,\" one of thousands of such topical songs that captured the events and emotions of early American life, rose to become the nation's one and only anthem and today's magnet for controversy. In O Say Can You Hear? Mark Clague brilliantly weaves together the stories of the song and the nation it represents. Examining the origins of both text and music, alternate lyrics and translations, and the song's use in sports, at times of war, and for political protest, he argues that the anthem's meaning reflects-and is reflected by-the nation's quest to become a more perfect union. From victory song to hymn of sacrifice and vehicle for protest, the story of Key's song is the story of America itself. Each chapter in the book explores a different facet of the anthem's story. In one, we learn the real history behind the singing of the anthem at sporting events; in another, Clague explores Key's complicated relationship with slavery and its repercussions today. An entire is chapter devoted to some of the most famous performances of the anthem, from Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock to Roseanne Barr at a baseball game to the iconic Whitney Houston version from the 1991 Super Bowl. At every turn, the book goes beyond the events to explore the song's resonance and meaning. From its first lines Key's lyric poses questions: \"O say can you see?\" \"Does that banner yet wave?\" Likewise, Clague's O Say Can You Hear? raises important questions about the banner; what it meant in 1814, what it means to us today, and why it matters\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Battle Hymns
Music was everywhere during the Civil War. Tunes could be heard ringing out from parlor pianos, thundering at political rallies, and setting the rhythms of military and domestic life. With literacy still limited, music was an important vehicle for communicating ideas about the war, and it had a lasting impact in the decades that followed. Drawing on an array of published and archival sources, Christian McWhirter analyzes the myriad ways music influenced popular culture in the years surrounding the war and discusses its deep resonance for both whites and blacks, South and North.Though published songs of the time have long been catalogued and appreciated, McWhirter is the first to explore what Americans actually said and did with these pieces. By gauging the popularity of the most prominent songs and examining how Americans used them, McWhirter returns music to its central place in American life during the nation's greatest crisis. The result is a portrait of a war fought to music.
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This land that I love : Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and the story of two American anthems
Music-writer and composer John Shaw writes the dual biography of Berlin's God bless America and Guthrie's This land is your land, at the same time examining our patriotic musical heritage, from Yankee Doodle and The star-spangled banner to Martin Luther King's quotation of My country 'tis of thee on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Delving into the deeper history of war songs, minstrelsy, ragtime, country music, folk music, and African American spirituals, Shaw unearths a rich vein of half-forgotten patriotic and musical traditions.
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Good-bye Maoriland
Be it 'Tipperary' or 'Pokarekare', the morning reveille or the bugle's last post, concert parties at the front or patriotic songs at home, music was central to New Zealand's experience of the First World War. In Good-Bye Maoriland, the acclaimed author of Blue Smoke introduces us the songs and sounds of World War I in order to take us deep inside the human experience of war.
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Songs of America : patriotism, protest, and the music that made a nation
From \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" to \"Born in the U.S.A.,\" Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw take readers on a journey through eras in American history and the songs and performers that inspired us. Meacham chronicles our history, exploring the stories behind the songs, and Tim McGraw reflects on them as an artist and performer. Their perspectives combine to create a unique view of the role music has played in uniting and shaping a nation. Beginning with the battle hymns of the revolution, and taking us through songs from the defining events of the Civil War, the fight for women's suffrage, the two world wars, the Great Depression, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and into the twenty-first century, Meacham and McGraw explore the songs that defined generations, and the cultural and political climates that produced them. Readers will discover the power of music in the lives of figures such as Harriet Tubman, Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and will learn more about some of our most beloved musicians and performers, including Marian Anderson, Elvis Presley, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Carole King, Bruce Springsteen, and more.
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The songs we sing : honoring our country
Discover the meanings and history behind some of Americas most beloved patriotic songs.
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Music and the Making of Portugal and Spain
How music embodies and contributes to historical and
contemporary nationalism
What does music in Portugal and Spain reveal about the
relationship between national and regional identity building? How
do various actors use music to advance nationalism? How have state
and international heritage regimes contributed to nationalist and
regionalist projects? In this collection, contributors explore
these and other essential questions from a range of
interdisciplinary vantage points. The essays pay particular
attention to the role played by the state in deciding what music
represents Portuguese or Spanish identity. Case studies examine
many aspects of the issue, including local recording networks,
so-called national style in popular music, and music's role in both
political protest and heritage regimes. Topics include the ways the
Salazar and Franco regimes adapted music to align with their
ideological agendas; the twenty-first-century impact of UNESCO's
Intangible Cultural Heritage program on some of Portugal and
Spain's expressive practices; and the tensions that arise between
institutions and community in creating and recreating meanings and
identity around music.
Contributors: Ricardo Andrade, Vera Marques
Alves, Salwa El-Shawan Castelo-Branco, Cristina Sánchez-Carretero,
José Hugo Pires Castro, Paulo Ferreira de Castro, Fernán del Val,
Héctor Fouce, Diego García-Peinazo, Leonor Losa, Josep Martí, Eva
Moreda Rodríguez, Pedro Russo Moreira, Cristina Cruces Roldán, and
Igor Contreras Zubillaga
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