Bibliograph

Swing, that modern sound, Kenneth J. Bindas

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Label

Swing, that modern sound, Kenneth J. Bindas

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-198) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Swing, that modern sound

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

774384461

Responsibility statement

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

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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