Music of the Civil War Era
- ISBN-10
- 0313320810
- ISBN-13
- 9780313320811
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 295
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Author
- Steven Cornelius
Description
Examines the popular songs of the Civil War and those who composed and played them, includes biographies of musicians of the era and a dictionary of Civil War music.
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