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The Great American Symphony: Music, the Depression, and War

The Great American Symphony: Music, the Depression, and War

Nicholas Tawa

In this volume, Nicholas Tawa concludes that they succeeded, at the very least, in producing music that belongs in the cultural memory of every American.
Sweet Songs for Gentle Americans: The Parlor Song in ...

Sweet Songs for Gentle Americans: The Parlor Song in ...

Nicholas E. Tawa

Nicholas Tawa was born in Boston and is Professor of Music at the University of Massachusetts, Boston campus. He has studied the popular- music culture of America for over twenty-five years and has written a Harvard Ph. D. dissertation and ...
Supremely American: Popular Song in the 20th Century : ...

Supremely American: Popular Song in the 20th Century : ...

Nicholas E. Tawa

Nicholas Tawa also offers insight into wt musical styles changed so drastically during this time period. Songs of the Jazz Age and Swing Era are considered primarily i terms of their relation to the time. Post-WWII songs are shown ; having  ...
The Sonneck Society Newsletter

The Sonneck Society Newsletter

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... 84): Peter Dickinson reviews SOUNDPIECES: INTERVIEWS WITH AMERICAN COMPOSERS, by C. Cagne & T. Caras; WILLIAM SCHUMANN; DOCUMENTARY by Christopher Rose; & A SOUND OF STRANGERS, by Nicholas Tawa, 28-29 ...
A Singing Ambivalence: American Immigrants Between Old World ...

A Singing Ambivalence: American Immigrants Between Old World ...

Victor R. Greene

Malcolm Budd, Music and the Emotions: The Philosophical Theories (London: Rout- ledge and Kegan Paul, 1985), 149. Nicholas Tawa refers to that property of immigrant songs in A Sound of Strangers: Musical Culture, Acculturation, and the  ...
Arthur Foote: A Musician in the Frame of Time and Place

Arthur Foote: A Musician in the Frame of Time and Place

Nicholas E. Tawa

A lengthy examination of these topics will be found in Douglas Shand-Tucci, Boston Bohemia, 1881-1900 (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1995) 60. Van Wyck Brooks, New England Indian Summer: 1865-1915 (New York: Dutton, ...
Making the American Century: Essays on the Political Culture ...

Making the American Century: Essays on the Political Culture ...

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Nicholas Tawa, The Way To Tin Pan Alley (New York: Schirmer Books, 1990), p. 38. The nerve center of Tin Pan Alley soon moved from Union Square to the area around Broadway and 28th Street. Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman, ...
Four Parts, No Waiting: A Social History of American ...

Four Parts, No Waiting: A Social History of American ...

Gage Averill

My material on Tin Pan Alley is indebted especially to Nicholas Tawa, The Way to Tin Pan Alley: American Popular Song, 1866-1910 (New York: Schirmer Books, 1990); Don B. Wilmeth, Variety Entertainment and Outdoor Amusements: A ...
The Kershner families of Maryland, 1731-1977

The Kershner families of Maryland, 1731-1977

Mary Kershner Maxwell

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Vocal Racial Crossover in the Song Performance of Three ...

Vocal Racial Crossover in the Song Performance of Three ...

Eden Elizabeth Kainer

Thus the terms "coon" and "ragtime" often appeared interchangeably in song descriptions; a song that contained "ragtime" in the title could have "coon" as a descriptor in its subtitle, or vice versa. Nicholas Tawa, in an overview of Tin Pan Alley ...
Shalom and the Ethics of Belief: Nicholas Wolterstorff's ...

Shalom and the Ethics of Belief: Nicholas Wolterstorff's ...

Nathan D. Shannon

he central concern of the present study is Nicholas Wolterstorff's theory of situated rationality. In Wolterstorff's view, the ... 1.1 NICHOLAS P. WOLTERSTORFF, CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER In 2002, Nicholas P. Nicholas P. Wolterstorff, Christian ...
The Journal

The Journal

American-Irish Historical Society

... wife Richard and Jane Hogan Nicholas and Eleanor Hogan Nicholas and Eleanor Hogan Nicholas and Eleanor Hogan Nicholas and Eleanor Hogan Nicholas and Eleanor Hogan Nicholas and Eleanor Hogan Nicholas and Eleanor Hogan ...
The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of ...

The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of ...

Charles Smith

Nicholas Gough. John Core. John White. Nicholas Mulgan. John Rope. Thomas Hull. Nicholas Gough. William Sattadel. Nicholas Mulgan. Nicholas Mulgan. William Corr, William Corr. John Rope. Foulke Commerford. 1449 William A. D. M A Y ...
The Great Charter of the Liberties of the City of Waterford: ...

The Great Charter of the Liberties of the City of Waterford: ...

Waterford (Ireland)

1438 Nicholas Murgart. 1439 J'ihn Rope. 144r» Thomas Hull.. 1441 Nicholas Gough. 1442 William Sattadel. 1443 Nicholas Mulgan. 1444 Nicholas Mulgan. 1445 William Corr. 1446 William Corr. 1447 John Rope. 1448 Foulke Commerford.
The history, topography and antiquities of the county and ...

The history, topography and antiquities of the county and ...

R H. Ryland

1437 John White ' 1438 Nicholas Mulgan ] 439 John Rope 1440 Thomas Hull 1441 Nicholas Gough 1442 William Sattadel 1443 Nicholas Mulgan 1444 Nicholas Mulgan 1445 William Corr 1446 William Corr 1447 John Rope 1448 Foulke ...
Introduction to Veterinary Genetics

Introduction to Veterinary Genetics

Frank W. Nicholas

Frank W. Nicholas ... Ben Hayes, John James, Hannah Nicholas, Belinda Norris, Jonathan Usmar, Bethany Wilson, Peter Thomson, Claire Wade, Noelle Cockett, Rob Banks, Mohammad Shariflou, Malcolm Ferguson-Smith, and Xuan Zhang.
There Really Is a Santa Claus: The History of St. Nicholas & ...

There Really Is a Santa Claus: The History of St. Nicholas & ...

William J. Federer

Saint Nicholas - Sinter Klaas - Santa Claus Read the story of Nicholas, 3rd Century Bishop of Myra, Asia Minor (present day Turkey) and how over time stories of his holy, generous life were embelished into legend.
A Day in the Life of Nicholas B

A Day in the Life of Nicholas B

Lauri J. Hart

Nicholas B is a boy everyone can love.
Letters to a Law Student 3rd edn: A guide to studying law at ...

Letters to a Law Student 3rd edn: A guide to studying law at ...

Nicholas J McBride

A guide to studying law at university Nicholas J McBride. 20 Using the Internet From:NicholasJ. McBride ... on 'Useful links'. Happy exploring, and I'll be in touch soon! All best wishes, Nick 21 Your Teachers and You From:Nicholas J. McBride  ...
An Architectural and Historical Account of the Church of St. ...

An Architectural and Historical Account of the Church of St. ...

Samuel TYMMS

Mrs. Jane Clugett, wife of Mr. Nicholas Clagett, late Minister of this Parish, died August 23, 1673.1 The said Mr. Nicholas Clagett died in 1662. Mrs. Margaret Clagett, wife of Dr. Nicholas Clagett, Archdeacon of Sudbury, died May 16, 1719,  ...
Nicholas II: Last of the Tsars

Nicholas II: Last of the Tsars

Marc Ferro

A figure surrounded by myth and speculation, at the center of one of history's most cataclysmic events--the Russian Revolution--Nicholas II remains haunting and enigmatic.
The Making of the British Landscape

The Making of the British Landscape

Nicholas Crane

Nicholas Crane's new book brilliantly describes the evolution of Britain's countryside and cities.
The Making Of The British Landscape: From the Ice Age to the ...

The Making Of The British Landscape: From the Ice Age to the ...

Nicholas Crane

Nicholas Crane's new book brilliantly describes the evolution of Britain's countryside and cities.
St. Nicholas and Mary Mapes Dodge: The Legacy of a ...

St. Nicholas and Mary Mapes Dodge: The Legacy of a ...

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The work places St. Nicholas in American cultural history, and analyzes how it both influenced and was influenced over thirty years.
The Longest Ride

The Longest Ride

Nicholas Sparks

The new love story from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Notebook, The Lucky One and The Best of Me. Nicholas Sparks is one of the world's most beloved authors.
Mainstream Music of Early Twentieth Century America: The ...

Mainstream Music of Early Twentieth Century America: The ...

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Chronologically following Tawa's The Coming of Age of American Art Music, this new study examines, in cultural context, the music of the most prominent composers active from 1900 to 1930, among them Frederick Shepherd Converse, Edgar ...
Killing Mr Lebanon: The Assassination of Rafik Hariri and ...

Killing Mr Lebanon: The Assassination of Rafik Hariri and ...

Nicholas Blanford

In this compelling book, Nicholas Blanford looks at how the murder of a businessman provoked such a seismic shift in Middle Eastern politics.
The history, topography, and antiquities, of the county and ...

The history, topography, and antiquities, of the county and ...

Rev. Patrick Fitzgerald

1502 John Creagh, J 503 Nicholas Stritch, 1504 Nicholas Stritch, 1505 William Harrold, 1506 William Arthur, 1507 ... 1523 Thomas Young, 1524 Christopher Arthur, 1525 James Arthur, 1526 Thomas Young, 1527 Nicholas Creagh, 1528 ...

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