the power and popularity of music in the Civil War /
Christian McWhirter
Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
c2012
viii, 321 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm
Civil War America
Includes bibliographical references and index
Part of everyone's meat and drink : popular music and the Civil War -- John Browns and battle cries : the patriotic songs of the union -- Gay deceibers and bonnie blue flags : the anthems of the Confederacy -- Words were as weapons : music on the home front -- A wonderful and inspiring influence : music in the armies -- The choked voice of a race, at last unloosed : African Americans and Civil War music -- Fresh strains for fresh developments : the end of the war and its music -- Veterans, memorialists, and the King : the revival and legacy of Civil War music
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Music-- Social aspects-- United States-- History-- 19th century
Patriotic music-- United States-- History and criticism
United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Music and the war