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Tin Pan Alley on the march: popular music, World War II, and the quest for a great war song
In 1941, several months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, a new Irving Berlin song appeared on jukeboxes across the United States. Berlin and his sponsors ......(Continue Reading) Baptists, music, and World War II
Southern Baptists have always been a singing people with great diversity in our music. The types of music used in our churches has varied largely according to their location and tradition--urban...(Continue Reading)War, music, and evolution - Forum - Critical Essay
One recent morning, I awoke to the full-bodied horns of Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man." The radio program host said Copland composed it ......(Continue Reading)One size does not fit all: the precarious position of the African American entrepreneur in post-World War II American popular music
The American popular music industry since World War II has been dominated by white businessmen, but African American entrepreneurs have secured a place ......(Continue Reading)Small World: why one town stays unplugged - War of the worlds: Part Two - Barre, Vermont
When you think about Vermount, Barre is not the town you're imagining. Main Street has seen better days. There are few covered bridges and fewer rusticators ......(Continue Reading)
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