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Many people know the tale: In 1814 Francis Scott Key witnessed the
British bombardment of Fort McHenry and the heroism of America's
defenders; seeing the American flag still flying at first light
inspired him to pen his famous lyric. What people don't know,
however, is how a topical broadside ballad rose to become the
nation's anthem and today's magnet for controversy. In O Say Can
You Hear? Mark Clague brilliantly weaves together the stories of
the song and nation it represents. The book examines the origins of
both words and music, alternate lyrics and translations and the
song's use in sports, at times of war and for political protest. It
shows how the song's meaning reflects-and is reflected by-the
United States' quest to become a more perfect union. From victory
song to hymn of sacrifice and object of protest, the story of Key's
song is the story of America itself.
Many people know the tale: In 1814 Francis Scott Key witnessed the
British bombardment of Fort McHenry and the heroism of America’s
defenders; seeing the American flag still flying at first light
inspired him to pen his famous lyric. What people don’t know,
however, is how a topical broadside ballad rose to become the
nation’s anthem and today’s magnet for controversy. In O Say
Can You Hear? Mark Clague brilliantly weaves together the stories
of the song and nation it represents. The book examines the origins
of both words and music, alternate lyrics and translations and the
song’s use in sports, at times of war and for political protest.
It shows how the song’s meaning reflects—and is reflected
by—the United States’ quest to become a more perfect union.
From victory song to hymn of sacrifice and object of protest, the
story of Key’s song is the story of America itself.
Increasingly, the availability of entrepreneurship education is
becoming a factor in college choice as fine arts students demand
training that helps them create an arts-based career after
graduation. For too long, the arts academy has ignored the
long-term career outcomes of its graduates and has only recently
begun to meaningfully address how students can earn a living as
working artists and arts entrepreneurs. Written to address this
challenge, Disciplining the Arts explores the policy, programming,
and curricular issues in the emerging field of arts
entrepreneurship. By articulating the need, purpose and outcomes
for arts entrepreneurship education, listening to graduates and
identifying models, this essay collection begins an important
conversation on preparing students for arts self-employment.
In Rethinking American Music, Tara Browner and Thomas L. Riis
curate essays that offer an eclectic survey of current music
scholarship. Ranging from Tin Pan Alley to Thelonious Monk to hip
hop, the contributors go beyond repertory and biography to explore
four critical yet overlooked areas: the impact of performance;
patronage's role in creating music and finding a place to play it;
personal identity; and the ways cultural and ethnographic
circumstances determine the music that emerges from the creative
process. Many of the articles also look at how a piece of music
becomes initially popular and then exerts a lasting influence in
the larger global culture. The result is an insightful
state-of-the-field examination that doubles as an engaging short
course on our complex, multifaceted musical heritage. Contributors:
Karen Ahlquist, Amy C. Beal, Mark Clagu,. Esther R. Crookshank,
Todd Decker, Jennifer DeLapp-Birkett, Joshua S. Duchan, Mark Katz,
Jeffrey Magee, Sterling E. Murray, Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr., David
Warren Steel, Jeffrey Taylor, and Mark Tucker
Alton Augustus Adams, Sr., was a musician, writer, hotelier, and
the first black bandmaster of the United States Navy. Born in the
Virgin Islands in 1889, Adams joined the U.S. military in 1917.
Although naval policy at the time restricted blacks to menial jobs,
Adams and his all-black ensemble provided a bridge between the
local population and their all-white naval administrators. His
memoirs, edited by Mark Clague, with a foreword by Samuel Floyd,
Jr., reveal an inspired activist who believed music could change
the world, mitigate racism, and bring prosperity to his island
home.
Increasingly, the availability of entrepreneurship education is
becoming a factor in college choice as fine arts students demand
training that helps them create an arts-based career after
graduation. For too long, the arts academy has ignored the
long-term career outcomes of its graduates and has only recently
begun to meaningfully address how students can earn a living as
working artists and arts entrepreneurs. Written to address this
challenge, Disciplining the Arts explores the policy, programming,
and curricular issues in the emerging field of arts
entrepreneurship. By articulating the need, purpose and outcomes
for arts entrepreneurship education, listening to graduates and
identifying models, this essay collection begins an important
conversation on preparing students for arts self-employment.
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