When colleges sang [[electronic resource] ] : the story of singing in American college life / / J. Lloyd Winstead

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788324403321
• Autore: Winstead J. Lloyd <1966->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2013
• ISBN: 0-8173-8665-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 782.0088/37873
• Soggetti: Vocal groups - United States; Singing - United States; Music in universities and colleges - United States; Students' songs - United States - History and criticism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: College singing amid the Puritan culture, 1636-1700 -- Sacred and secular college singing, 1700-1800 -- Singing in student organizations, 1800-1850 -- The first college songbooks, 1850-1890 -- College singing at the turn of the century, 1890-1910 -- Warring, roaring, and scoring, 1910-1930 -- Sounds of college life, 1930-1950 -- Singing traditions, 1950-present.
• Sommario/riassunto: When Colleges Sang is an illustrated history of the rich culture of college singing from the earliest days of the American republic to the present. Before fraternity songs, alma maters, and the rahs of college fight songs became commonplace, students sang. Students in the earliest American colleges created their own literary melodies that they shared with their classmates. As J. Lloyd Winstead documents in When Colleges Sang, college singing expanded in conjunction with the growth of the nation and the American higher education system. <DIV