My song is my weapon
Subtitle: People's Songs, American communism, and the politics of culture, 1930-1950
By: Robbie Lieberman.
Contributors: People's Songs (Organization)
Series: Music in American life
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: People's Songs (Organization); Music -- Political aspects -- United States; Communism and music; Communism -- United States; Politics and culture -- United States
Description: In the late 1940s a left-wing organization called People's Songs used their music as a battle cry for civil rights, civil liberties, and world peace. They were inspired by Woody Guthrie, led by Pete Seeger, and sponsored by Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Paul Robeson among others. Many members of the group were involved in musical and political activities that spanned twenty years and encompassed sweeping changes in the American political arena. --Jacket
Notes: Bibliography: p. [167]-192.
Includes index.