Swing, that modern sound

Swing, that modern sound

by Bindas, Kenneth J.

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It was for stage bands, for dancing, and for a jiving mood of letting go. Throughout the nation swing re-sounded with the spirit of good times. But this pop genre, for a decade America's favorite, arose during the worst of times, the Great Depression. From its peak in the 1930s until bebop, r & b, and country swamped it after World War II, swing defined an American generation and measured America's musical heartbeat. In its heyday swing reached a mass audience of very disparate individuals and …

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  • Full title :Swing, that modern sound / Kenneth J. Bindas.

Summary

It was for stage bands, for dancing, and for a jiving mood of letting go. Throughout the nation swing re-sounded with the spirit of good times. But this pop genre, for a decade America's favorite, arose during the worst of times, the Great Depression. From its peak in the 1930s until bebop, r & b, and country swamped it after World War II, swing defined an American generation and measured America's musical heartbeat. In its heyday swing reached a mass audience of very disparate individuals and united them. They perceived in the tempers and tempos of swing the very definition of modernity. A su.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2001.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xix, 209 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781604736762, 1604736763, 1578063825, 9781578063826
  • oclc:ocn774384461
  • LC Classification:ML3518
  • Dewey Decimal:781.65/4

Table of Contents

The swing generation: what is swing and how is it the music of its era? -- Machine-age music: the connection of swing to modernity -- Swinging the marketplace: advertising and selling swing -- The American swing dream: the role and influence of class in swing -- The swing stew: ethnicity, race, and gender within swing -- Swing's low: the decline of swing.

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Subjects

Criticism, interpretation, etc MUSIC -- Genres & Styles MUSIC -- History & Criticism Musikleben swing Swing (Music) Swing (Music) -- History and criticism Swing (Musique) -- Histoire et critique… USA

Writers

Bindas, Kenneth J.

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