Book Description
Discusses various aspects of Black American life in early 20th century America, including work, the struggle for equality, literature, and music.
Author : Marion Vera Cuthbert
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 31,4 MB
Release : 1936
Category : History
ISBN :
Discusses various aspects of Black American life in early 20th century America, including work, the struggle for equality, literature, and music.
Author : Pamela Conn Beall
Publisher : Price Stern Sloan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,50 MB
Release : 2002-07
Category : Children's songs
ISBN : 9780843149319
Educational and entertaining, these classic Wee Sing book and CD titles are now tailored for the most modern Wee Sing fans. Each 64-page book and one-hour audio CD are contained in reusable blister packages.
Author : Pamela Conn Beall
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 36,10 MB
Release : 2006-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0843120983
Experience the wonderful world of storytelling and unique humor of traditional folk music with this collection of classics songs passed down from generation to generation.
Author : Pamela Conn Beall
Publisher : Price Stern Sloan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,94 MB
Release : 2005-09-08
Category : Children's songs
ISBN : 9780843112795
"Celebrate the songs and words of America's patriots and pioneers!" -- back cover.
Author : Pamela Conn Beall
Publisher : Putnam Juvenile
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 29,57 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
Includes songs as well as words, music & directions for finger plays & other body movements
Author : Pamela Conn Beall
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,10 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0843113626
Provides music and complete lyrics for seventy-three classic children's songs and fingerplays.
Author : Pamela Conn Beall
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,3 MB
Release : 2007-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 084312184X
Collects a variety of songs for children from previous "Wee Sing" titles.
Author : Pamela Conn Beall
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : pages
File Size : 35,29 MB
Release : 2002-07-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780613855921
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Author : Jon Meacham
Publisher : Random House
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 20,48 MB
Release : 2019-06-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0593132963
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A celebration of American history through the music that helped to shape a nation, by Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham and music superstar Tim McGraw “Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw form an irresistible duo—connecting us to music as an unsung force in our nation's history.”—Doris Kearns Goodwin Through all the years of strife and triumph, America has been shaped not just by our elected leaders and our formal politics but also by our music—by the lyrics, performers, and instrumentals that have helped to carry us through the dark days and to celebrate the bright ones. From “The Star-Spangled Banner” to “Born in the U.S.A.,” Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw take readers on a moving and insightful 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. Songs of America explores both famous songs and lesser-known ones, expanding our understanding of the scope of American music and lending deeper meaning to the historical context of such songs as “My Country, ’Tis of Thee,” “God Bless America,” “Over There,” “We Shall Overcome,” and “Blowin’ in the Wind.” As Quincy Jones says, Meacham and McGraw have “convened a concert in Songs of America,” one that reminds us of who we are, where we’ve been, and what we, at our best, can be.
Author : Sheryl Kaskowitz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 40,92 MB
Release : 2013-07-10
Category : Music
ISBN : 0199339554
"God Bless America" is a song most Americans know well. It is taught in American schools and regularly performed at sporting events. After the attacks on September 11th, it was sung on the steps of the Capitol, at spontaneous memorial sites, and during the seventh inning stretch at baseball games, becoming even more deeply embedded in America's collective consciousness. In God Bless America, Sheryl Kaskowitz tells the fascinating story behind America's other national anthem. It begins with the song's composition by Irving Berlin in 1918 and first performance by Kate Smith in 1938, revealing an early struggle for control between composer and performer as well as the hidden economics behind the song's royalties. Kaskowitz shows how the early popularity of "God Bless America" reflected the anxiety of the pre-war period and sparked a surprising anti-Semitic and xenophobic backlash. She follows the song's rightward ideological trajectory from early associations with religious and ethnic tolerance to increasing uses as an anthem for the Christian Right, and considers the song's popularity directly after the September 11th attacks. The book concludes with a portrait of the song's post-9/11 function within professional baseball, illuminating the power of the song - and of communal singing itself - as a vehicle for both commemoration and coercion. A companion website offers streaming audio of recordings referenced in the book, links to videos of relevant performances, appendices of information, and an opportunity for readers to participate in the author's survey. Based on extensive archival research and fieldwork, God Bless America sheds new light on cultural tensions within the U.S., past and present, and offers a historical chronicle that is full of surprises and that will both edify and delight readers from all walks of life.