Full Description
The creation of the Confederate States of America and the subsequent Civil War inspired composers, lyricists, and music publishers in Southern and border states, and even in foreign countries, to support the new nation. Confederate-imprint sheet music articulated and encouraged Confederate nationalism, honored soldiers and military leaders, comforted family and friends, and provided diversion from the hardships of war.
This is the first comprehensive history of the sheet music of the Confederacy. It covers works published before the war in Southern states that seceded from the Union, and those published during the war in Union occupied capitals, border and Northern states, and foreign countries. It is also the first work to examine the contribution of postwar Confederate-themed sheet music to the South's response to its defeat, to the creation and fostering of Lost Cause themes, and to the promotion of national reunion and reconciliation.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and Symbols
Preface
Introduction
Part I. Secession and
One. Pre-Secession Sheet Music
Two. The Sheet Music Business in the Wartime South
Three. Confederate Nationalism: States' Rights and National Symbols
Four. Confederate Nationalism: Confederate Flags
Five. Confederate Nationalism: National Anthems
Six. War and Its Participants
Seven. The Home Front: Living with the War
Eight. Home and Family During the War
Nine. Border States
Ten. Federal-Occupied Southern Capitals and Northern Cities
Between pages 286 and 287 are 16 color plates containing 16 photographs
Part II. Postwar to 1898 and Foreign Countries
Eleven. Resignation, Resistance, and Remembrance
Twelve. The Lost Cause
Thirteen. Reunion and Reconciliation
Fourteen. Foreign Countries
Appendix 1a: The Music Sheet
Appendix 1b: Confederate-Imprint vs Confederate-Related Sheet Music
Appendix 1c: Dating Sheet Music
Appendix 1d: What Constitutes a Separate Listing?
Appendix 2: Nineteenth Century Terminology for Songs and Instrumental Music
Appendix 3: Sheet Music Recorded in Confederate Copyright Records
Appendix 4: Differing Lyrics for Different Dixies (First Verse and Chorus only)
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
General Index
Name Index
Titles Index
