Singing, Soldiering, and Sheet Music in America During the First - World Wa

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.

List of contents

Introduction: "Music Will Help Win the War!"
Chapter 1: Singing Pacifism and Preparedness-Sheet Music about the War 1914-1917
Chapter 2: Off to Battle Singing-The Gendered Politics of War Song
Chapter 3: Song Leaders and "Music in the Camps," November 1917 to June 1918
Chapter 4: Song Leaders in the Army and African American Soldier Singing in "Music in the Camps," July to November 1918
Chapter 5: Song Leaders in the Navy in "Music in the Camps," July to November 1918
Chapter 6: "On Patrol in No Man's Land"-Black Soldiers and Music
Chapter 7: Deciding Musical Morality-The Context of "Joan of Arc"
Chapter 8: "K-K-K-Katy" and Janis-Songs, Women and Performers
Chapter 9: "Over the Top"-Masculinity and Fighting in Song
Chapter 10: Postwar "Music in the Camps" and Sheet Music

About the author

By Christina Gier

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Christina Gier, Gier Christina
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781498516020
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1602-0
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous; USA, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, First World War, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Popular Music, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I, Brass band, military music & marches