Swing, that modern sound

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The work Swing, that modern sound represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Swing, that modern sound

Statement of responsibility

Kenneth J. Bindas

Creator

• Bindas, Kenneth J

Subject

• Swing (Musique) -- États-Unis -- Histoire et critique
• MUSIC -- History & Criticism
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Musikleben
• Electronic books
• Swing (Music)
• Swing (Music)
• Swing (Music) -- History and criticism
• MUSIC -- Genres & Styles | Jazz
• USA
• Swing

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Electronic books

Language

eng

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

Action

digitized

Cataloging source

N$T

Dewey number

781.65/4

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

ML3518

LC item number

.B56 2001eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography