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Finson, Jon W.

The voices that are gone : themes in nineteenth-century American popular song / Jon W. Finson. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. - 1 online resource (xiii, 336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, music

Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-321) and indexes.

Jon Finson views the mores and values of 19th-century Americans as they appear in their popular songs. Presenting a guided tour of topically arranged, select songs, he points out the most important landmarks, as well as lesser sights that provide colour and context, and obscure but treasurable parts of the scenery previously overlooked.

ISBN: 9780198022367 (electronic bk.) 0198022360 (electronic bk.) 1280529458 9781280529450 9780195057508 (alk. paper) 0195057503 (alk. paper) (alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)

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Subjects--Chronological Terms:
To 1901

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Popular music--History and criticism.--United States--To 1901
Musique populaire--Histoire et critique.--États-Unis--Jusqu'à 1901
MUSIC--Printed Music--General.
Popular music.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: ML3477 / .F55 1997eb

Dewey Class. No.: 782.42164097309/034