"To Everything There is a Season"
Pete Seeger and the Power of Song
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- Kiadó OUP USA
- Megjelenés dátuma 2009. szeptember 1.
- ISBN 9780195324822
- Kötéstípus Puhakötés
- Terjedelem208 oldal
- Méret 121x171 mm
- Nyelv angol
- Illusztrációk 40 black and white halftones 0
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Rövid leírás:
This text uses Pete Seeger's life and music as a frame of reference to discuss the important role popular music played during the various protest movements in the 20th century. It is a useful supplement to many courses in US 20th Century History: US Since 1945, 1960s - and courses that focus on protest movements: Civil Rights Movement, Protest and Dissent. At only 208 pages, this book provides instructors with a useable resource to discuss the connection between popular music and
political culture.
Hosszú leírás:
Folk music has long played a vital role in supporting reform movements in the United States. Radical activists, seeking to counter a variety of abuses in mid-to-late 20th century America, often used music to express their hopes, aims, and goals. In "To Everything There Is a Season": Pete Seeger and the Power of Song, Allan Winkler describes how folk singer Pete Seeger applied his musical talents to improve conditions for less fortunate people everywhere. This book uses
Seeger's long life and wonderful songs to reflect on the important role folk music played in various protest movements and to answer such fundamental questions as: What was the source of Seeger's appeal? How did he capture the attention and affection of people around the world? And why is song such a powerful
medium?
For over half of a century, Pete Seeger's life and music cut across the major issues of the day. A tireless supporter of union organization in the 1930s and 1940s, he joined the Communist Party, performing his songs with banjo and guitar accompaniment to promote worker solidarity. He sang out against American involvement in World War II in the early 1940s, only to change his tune after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He enlisted in the Army and, still singing, served overseas in the South
Pacific. In the 1950s, he found himself under attack during the Red Scare for his radical past. He narrowly escaped a long jail term for refusing to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities, when his contempt conviction was thrown out on a technicality. In the 1960s, he became
the minstrel of the civil rights movement, focusing its energy with songs that inspired protestors and challenged the nation's patterns of racial discrimination. Toward the end of the decade, he turned his musical talents to resisting the war in Vietnam, and again drew fire from those who attacked his dissent as treason. Finally, in the 1970s, he lent his voice to the growing environmental movement by leading the drive to clean up the Hudson River, which flowed almost literally through his
backyard in New York State. His life reflected the turbulence of his times as his songs sounded the spirit of the issues that he felt mattered most.
A sample of Seeger's music accompanies this book. Songs include "If I Had a Hammer," with its call to confront injustice; "Where Have all the Flowers Gone?" and its lyrical appeal to stop the cycle of war; and "We Shall Overcome," the standard hymn of the struggle for freedom. Richly researched and crisply written, Allan Winkler provides a gripping account of the power of Pete Seeger's songs in promoting a better world for us all.
Tartalomjegyzék:
Track List
Foreword from series editors Michael Stoff and James West Davidson
Foreword
Prologue
- "Talking Union"
- "If I Had a Hammer"
- "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"
- "We Shall Overcome"
- "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy"
- "Sailing Down my Golden River"
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Audio Credits
Index
