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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784975903321

Autore

Finson Jon W.

Titolo

The voices that are gone : themes in nineteenth-century American popular song / / Jon W. Finson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1994

©1994

ISBN

0-19-772957-6

1-280-52945-8

0-19-802236-0

0-19-535432-X

1-4294-1577-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368p. ) : ill., music

Disciplina

782.42164/0973/09034

Soggetti

Popular music - United States - To 1901 - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published : New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Sommario/riassunto

Jon Finson views the mores and values of nineteenth-century Americans as they appear in their popular songs. Presenting a guided tour of topically arranged, select songs, he points out the most important landmarks, as well as lesser sights that provide colour and context, and obscure but treasurable parts of the scenery previously overlooked.