America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets [web presentation]:Bibliographic Record Description: Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Library of Congress

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America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets [web presentation]

Title: America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets [web presentation]
Date Created: Span: 1800s
Language: English
Form: web presentation
Abstract: Before the advent of phonograph and radio technologies, Americans learned the latest songs from printed song sheets, which contain lyrics but no music. These were new songs being sung in music halls or new lyrics to familiar songs, like "Yankee Doodle" or "The Last Rose of Summer." Some of America's most beloved tunes were printed as song sheets, including "The Star Spangled Banner" and "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Song sheets are an early example of a mass medium and they offer a unique perspective on the political, social, and economic life of the time, especially during the Civil War.
Contents Note: Printed song sheets
Subject: Popular Music
Repository: Rare Book and Special Collection Division, Library of Congress
Online Collection: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amsshtml/amsshome.html

Last Updated: 08-30-2012

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