Author: John C. KieserPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The National Melodist with Symphonies and Accompaniments for the Piano Forte. Edited by J. C. Kieser
Author: John C. KieserGeorge F. Root, Civil War Songwriter
Author: P.H. CarderPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786483172
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
When the Civil War broke out in 1861, "The Battle Cry of Freedom" became perhaps the most common patriotic song echoing throughout the North. The author of that famous tune was George F. Root, and his many other patriotic songs established him as "the musician of the people." This biography follows Root's dual career as a nationally-known traveling teacher and a composer of popular songs. His wartime songs expressed the emotions of the soldiers and of the people at home. His later songs document such events as the assassination of President Lincoln, the settling of the West, the literature and humor of his day, and the many reform movements that defined the values of that era. His biography reveals how he became the musician of the people and how his critics responded.
Beadle's Dime-song-book
Author: The Old Men
Author: John Isaac JonesPublisher: John Isaac Jones
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 13
Book Description
For years, the old men had been hanging around the country grocery store whiling away their days playing checkers and dominoes and talking about politics, women, drinking and life experiences. All that time, the store owner readily approved their presence in the store and went on about his business as if they were not there. Then, one fateful morning in the fall of 1956, a new owner bought the business who was not quite as tolerant. The narrator of this story, an unnamed thirteen-year-old, was the son of the new owner and tells how his father dealt with the problem of the old men.
Such As Us
Author: Tom E. TerrillPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 9780807841914
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Anonymous Southern tenant farmers, coal miners, laborers, and unemployed of the thirties tell of their daily lives, families, religion, opinions, frustrations, and aspirations
The American Musical Landscape
Author: Richard CrawfordPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520224825
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
"This book reflects a breakthrough in American music studies, an unrecognized field among traditional musicologists until the past few decades, during which enormous progress has been made in documenting three centuries of American musical activities and figures. Time and effort had to be expended exclusively on the development of basic historical studies. The time has come for a new phase, one that can take a creative, interpretive approach. Professor Crawford's study will introduce this higher level of scholarship into the field of American music studies."—Vivian Perlis, author of Charles Ives Remembered "A major statement by a senior scholar on what American musicology is all about. . . These themes are also topical; they come at a time when much more research is being done in American music, but little thought is being given to the big picture, the vision, the philosophy, and the implications of historical research. Now is the time for a synthesis, and there are few scholars better equipped to do that in American music than Richard Crawford."—Michael Broyles, author of Music of the Highest Class
The Old Folks at Home
Author: Barry FriedmanPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557521815
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Henry and Harriet Callins, discovering that all that glitters is not Golden Age, move into a senior retirement residence. Among the exciting events they experience are: waiting for the mailman each day, going to meetings where problems are solved by planning more meetings, well you get the idea. Henry suspects that the residents in the Assisted Living section of the facility are receiving an assist that is detrimental to their health. His curiosity puts himself and his wife in mortal danger
The Alabama Folk Lyric
Author: Ray Broadus BrownePublisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879721299
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Alabamians have always been a singing people. The settlers who moved into the various sections of the state brought with them songs which reflected their national origins and geographical backgrounds, and as they spread into the hills and over the lowlands they created new songs out of the conditions under which they lived. Also, they absorbed songs from outside sources whenever these pieces could be adapted to their sentiments and ways of life. Thus, by a process of memory, composition and recreation they developed a rich body of folk songs. The following collection a part of the effort to discover and preserve these songs.
Hector's Juice
Author: Peter WhitePublisher: eBookIt.com
ISBN: 1456600427
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
This is a great American novel. However, the story of Hector's Juice starts long before America was a country. In fact it starts long before any history was written about anything. It starts at the very beginning of time and fast forwards to evolution and the beginnings of mankind. But evolution also has a spiritual side and that's where Spencer the very first guardian angel comes in. He will take you from the beginnings of man in the Great Rift Valley of Africa to the lime colored gas chamber of San Quentin State Penitentiary in California. From the beginnings of surfing (not in Hawaii) to the gunfight at the OK Corral this is a great American novel that is neither restricted to time or space.
Old-age Pensions
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of ColumbiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description