Principally papers presented at the National Conference on Music of the Civil War Era in 2001 and 2002. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Music inspired by the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863-1913 / M.A. Snell. Music and community in the Civil War era / D.L. Root -- They weren't all like Lorena: musical portraits of women in the Civil War era / L. Cuccia -- "An inspiration to all": New Hampshire's Third Regiment and Hilton Head post bands in Civil War South Carolina / R.C. Spicer -- Confederates at the keyboard: Southern piano music during the Civil War / D.B. Thompson -- Henry Clay work: "The silver horn" as Civil War elegy / W.L. Powell -- The production and consumption of confederate songsters / K.M. Schultz -- Across a great divide: Irish American music and musicians of the Civil War era / M. Saffle -- War music and the common soldier: the experiences of Charles Wellington Reed / E.A. Campbell -- Music inspired by the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863-1913 / M.A. Snell.
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