Sounds of the New Deal
Subtitle: the Federal Music Project in the West
By: Peter Gough ; foreword by Peggy Seeger
Series: Music in American life; Music in American life
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780252039041
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Federal Music Project (U.S.); Government aid to music; Music and state; Songs and music; Music; History and criticism; New Deal, 1933-1939; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index.
Table of contents: title: "Musicians have to eat, too!" : the New Deal and the FMP; title: "Out where the West begins" : Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada; title: Innovation, participation, and "a horrible musical stew" : California; title: "Spit, baling wire, mirrors" and the WPA : Colorado, Utah, Oregon, and Washington; title: "No one sings as convincingly as the darkies do" : song and diversity; title: "Ballad for Americans" : the music of the popular front; title: "The folk of the nation" : no horses need apply; title: Conclusion. "The varied carols we hear."