Singing, soldiering, and sheet music in America during the First World War / Christina Gier.

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Gier, Christina Bindslev, 1973- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781498516013
1498516017

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Singing, soldiering, and sheet music in America during the First World War.DDC classification:

780.973/09041 23

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ML3561.W3

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Contents:

Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Singing Pacifism and Preparedness; Chapter Two: Off to Battle Singing; Chapter Three: Song Leaders and "Music in the Camps," November 1917 to June 1918; Chapter Four: Song Leaders in the Army and African American Soldier Singing in "Music in the Camps," July to November 1918; Chapter Five: Song Leaders in the Navy in "Music in the Camps," July to November 1918; Chapter Six: "On Patrol in No Man's Land"; Chapter Seven: Deciding Musical Morality and Ideas of Gender in Song.

Chapter Eight: "K-K-K-Katy" and Janis-Songs, Women, and PerformersChapter Nine: "Over the Top"; Chapter Ten: Postwar "Music in the Camps" and Sheet Music; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

Summary: Singing was important to the American fight against Germany in 1917. Military culture and sheet music writers understood music to have the power to help create a strong military and community in the face of conflict. This study of sheet music and military singing practices critically situates them in the context of the war and in social discourses, including issues of social change, segregation, and suffrage.

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Chapter Eight: "K-K-K-Katy" and Janis-Songs, Women, and PerformersChapter Nine: "Over the Top"; Chapter Ten: Postwar "Music in the Camps" and Sheet Music; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

Singing was important to the American fight against Germany in 1917. Military culture and sheet music writers understood music to have the power to help create a strong military and community in the face of conflict. This study of sheet music and military singing practices critically situates them in the context of the war and in social discourses, including issues of social change, segregation, and suffrage.

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