Battle hymns
Subtitle: the power and popularity of music in the Civil War
By: Christian McWhirter
Series: Civil War America
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780807835500
Subjects: Music and the war; History; History and criticism; Music; Patriotic music
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part of everyone's meat and drink : popular music and the Civil War; title: John Browns and battle cries : the patriotic songs of the union; title: Gay deceibers and bonnie blue flags : the anthems of the Confederacy; title: Words were as weapons : music on the home front; title: A wonderful and inspiring influence : music in the armies; title: The choked voice of a race, at last unloosed : African Americans and Civil War music; title: Fresh strains for fresh developments : the end of the war and its music; title: Veterans, memorialists, and the King : the revival and legacy of Civil War music.