Singing, Soldiering, and Sheet Music in America during the First World War

Christina Gier

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Lexington Books
31 August 2018

Brass band, military music & marches; History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; First World War

An advertisement in the sheet music of the song “Goodbye Broadway, Hello France” (1917) announces: “Music will help win the war!” This ad hits upon an American sentiment expressed not just in advertising, but heard from other sectors of society during the American engagement in the First World War. It was an idea both imagined and practiced, from military culture to sheet music writers, about the power of music to help create a strong military and national community in the face of the conflict; it appears straightforward. Nevertheless, the published sheet music, in addition to discourse about gender, soldiering and music, evince a more complex picture of society. This book presents a study of sheet music and military singing practices in America during the First World War that critically situates them in the social discourses, including issues of segregation and suffrage, and the historical context of the war. The transfer of musical styles between the civilian and military realm was fluid because so many men were enlisted from homes with the sheet music while they were also singing songs in their military training. Close musical analysis brings the meaningful musical and lyrical expressions of this time period to the forefront of our understanding of soldier and civilian music making at this time.

By: Christina Gier
Imprint: Lexington Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 220mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 381g
ISBN: 9781498516020
ISBN 10: 1498516025
Pages: 230
Publication Date: 31 August 2018
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christina Gier is associate professor of musicology at the University of Alberta

Reviews for Singing, Soldiering, and Sheet Music in America during the First World War

This is a richly nuanced study of music in the First World War. The book examines the role and function of sheet music during wartime and the social and cultural impacts the consumption, performance and politics of these songs had on those that wrote, performed and distributed them. An absorbing read. -- Paul Watt, Monash University The first ever in-depth study of what Americans sang during World War I, Dr. Gier's book paints a vivid and exciting picture and provides a sophisticated explanation of the song repertoire and of the preoccupations of the US army's team of singing masters. Not to be missed. -- John Mullen, The University of Rouen, author of Popular Song in Britain in The First World War.