Music in the Westward Expansion - Songs of Heart and Place on the American Frontier (Paperback)

Over 400,000 people moved their families in search of a better life in the American West during the Westward Expansion. The pioneers made room for musical instruments with their guns, food, and tools while taking only the minimal necessities that would fit into modest wagons. During what seemed like an interminable dusty journey, music was often the sole source of light and happiness for these exhausted travelers. This book examines the roles of music in the Westward Expansion and the diverse cultural landscape of the Old West, including Northern Cheyenne courtship flute makers, fiddle-playing explorers, dancing fur trappers, hymn-singing missionaries, frontier flutists, girls with guitars, wagon-driving balladeers, poetic cowboys, singing farmers, musical miners, and preaching songsters.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2022
Authors:	Laura Dean
Dimensions:	254 x 178mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	277
ISBN-13:	978-1-4766-8522-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
LSN:	1-4766-8522-3
Barcode:	9781476685229

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