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Sounds American: National Identity and the Music Cultures of the Lower Mississippi River Valley, 1800-1860 (Early American Places Ser.) by Ann Ostendorf; ProQuest (Firm) is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Sounds American: National Identity and the Music Cultures of the Lower Mississippi River Valley, 1800-1860 (Early American Places Ser.) about?

Sounds American Provides New Perspectives On The Relationship Between Nationalism And Cultural Production By Examining How Americans Grappled With Musical Diversity In The Early National And Antebellum Eras. During This Period A Resounding Call To Create A Distinctively American Music Culture Emerged As A Way To Bind Together The Varied, Changing, And Uncertain Components Of The New Nation. This Played Out With Particular Intensity In The Lower Mississippi River Valley, And New Orleans Especially. Ann Ostendorf Argues That This Region, Often Considered An Exception To The Nation--with Its Distance From The Center Of Power, Its Non-british Colonial Past, And Its Varied Population--actually Shared Characteristics Of Many Other Places Eventually Incorporated Into The Country, Thus Making It A Useful Case Study For The Creation Of American Culture. Ostendorf Conjures The Territory's Phenomenally Diverse Music Ways Including Grand Operas And Balls, Performances By Church Choirs And Militia Bands, And Itinerant Violin Instructors. Music Was Often Associated With Foreigners, In Particular Germans, French, Irish, And Africans. For These Outsiders, Music Helped Preserve Collective Identity.

Author

Ann Ostendorf; ProQuest (Firm)

Publisher

Athens: University of Georgia Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780820339757

Subjects

Science, History, Music