Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index.
Contents:
"Musicians have to eat, too!" : the New Deal and the FMP -- "Out where the West begins" : Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada -- Innovation, participation, and "a horrible musical stew" : California -- "Spit, baling wire, mirrors" and the WPA : Colorado, Utah, Oregon, and Washington -- "No one sings as convincingly as the darkies do" : song and diversity -- "Ballad for americans" : the music of the popular front -- "The folk of the nation" : no horses need apply -- Conclusion : "The varied carols we hear".
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