World War I songs : a history and dictionary of popular American patriotic tunes, with over 300 complete lyrics / by Vogel, Frederick G., 1933-

“…World War One songs…”

The American stage to World War I : a guide to information sources / by Wilmeth, Don B.

World War I sheet music : 9,670 patriotic songs published in the United States, 1914-1920, with more than 600 covers illustrated / by Parker, Bernard S., 1939-

America sings of war : American sheet music from World War I /

Swing along : the musical life of Will Marion Cook / by Carter, Marva Griffin

Table of Contents: “…-- In Dahomey -- The "students" and the stage -- Removing the "minstrel mask" -- The Clef Club, Darkydom, and World War I -- The Southern Syncopated Orchestra -- "A hell of a life" -- A composer's legacy -- Postlude: Swing Along.…”

Our musicals, ourselves : a social history of the American musical theatre / by Jones, John Bush

Table of Contents: “…Patriotism, xenophobia, and World War I -- The musicals of the roaring twenties -- Coping with Depression -- World War II and the Rodgers and Hammerstein years -- From isolationism to idealism in the Cold War years -- Black and Jewish musicals since the 1960s -- Issue-driven musicals of the turbulent years -- Fragmented society, fragmented musicals -- A recycled culture, nostalgia, and spectacle -- New voices, new perspectives.…”

Recorded music in American life : the phonograph and popular memory, 1890-1945 / by Kenney, William Howland

Table of Contents: “…Two "circles of resonance": audience uses of recorded music -- "The Coney Island crowd": the phonograph and popular recordings before World War I -- "His master's voice": the Victor Talking Machine Company and the social reconstruction of the phonograph -- The phonograph and the evolution of "foreign" and "ethnic" records -- The gendered phonograph: women and recorded sound, 1890-1930 -- African American blues and the phonograph: from race records to rhythm and blues -- Economics and the invention of hillbilly records in the south -- A renewed flow of memories: the Depression and the struggle over "hit records" -- Popular recorded music within the context of national life.…”

Steppin' on the blues : the visible rhythms of African American dance / by Malone, Jacqui

Table of Contents: “…"Gimme de kneebone bent" : music and dance in Africa -- "Keep to the rhythm and you'll keep to life" : the style of African American vernacular dance -- Overture to vocal choreography : vernacular dance on "stage" (slavery 1950) -- "Let the punishment fit the crime" : the vocal choreography of Cholly Atkins -- The history of bands : from African rituals to New Orleans : second lines: the FAMU marching 100 : historical overview--colonial America to World War I -- The FAMU marching 100 : from ballpark bleachers to national TV -- African American secret societies : remebering the past and facing the future fraternities and sororities : "a way of remembering" -- Stepping : regeneration through dance in African American fraternities and sororities : regeneration through dance.…”

Sounds of reform : progressivism and music in Chicago, 1873-1935 / by Vaillant, Derek

Table of Contents: “…Preludes of reform : the Chicago Jubilee, Thomas "summer nights" concerts, and the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition -- Battle for the baton : ceremonial parks and the landscape of musical reform, 1869-1904 -- I was improvising right from the start : musical progressivism at Hull House, 1889-1919 -- Come over here and listen to the music : municipal power and local authority in the field house parks, 1903-1919 -- Music of the people is music of the world : the Civic Music Association and the racial challenges of World War I and its aftermath, 1912-1919 -- They whirl off the edges of a decent life : unmasking difference at the dance, 1904-1933 -- Sounds of whiteness : urban musical subcultures, race, and the public interest on Chicago airwaves, 1921-1935 -- Sound Americans : echoes of reform from the 1930s to the present.…”

America's songs : the stories behind the songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley / by Furia, Philip, 1943-

Play me something quick and devilish : old-time fiddlers in Missouri / by Marshall, Howard W.

Singing in the age of anxiety : lieder performances in New York and London between the World Wars / by Tunbridge, Laura, 1974-

The Wild blue yonder : songs of the Air Force /

Let's do it : the birth of pop music : a history / by Stanley, Bob, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…1900: Pop in the beginning -- Elite syncopations: Scott Joplin and ragtime -- Songs for sale: Tin Pan Alley -- Doing what comes naturally: Irving Berlin -- A culture of consolation: Music hall and musical theatre -- On the other side of a big black cloud: World War I -- A conversation of instruments: The birth of jazz -- The greatest love of all: Louis Armstrong -- The blab of the pave: Jerome Kern and Broadway -- Let me entertain you: Al Jolson -- I'm gonna do it if I like it: The jazz age -- In a silent way: Race records -- Invisible airwaves crackle with life: Radio -- Trying hard to recreate what had yet to be created: Hillbilly -- Black and tan fantasy: Duke Ellington and the Cotton Club -- Learn to croon: Rudy Vallee and the dawn of the electric era -- All Hollywood and all heaven: Talking pictures -- Ten cents a dance: The Great Depression -- Nothing but blue skies: Bing Crosby -- Industrial light and music: The movie musical -- Pardon my pups: The Boswell Sisters -- Make those people sway: British dance bands -- Fascinating rhythm: Fred Astaire and the dance-hall boom -- Eighty-eight key smile: Fats Waller and friends -- Tight like that: The age of swing -- Serenade in blue: The great American songbook -- The winds grow colder: Judy Garland and Billie Holiday -- Be like the kettle and sing: Britain at war -- Why don't you do right: America at war -- Hot licks with vanilla: Glenn Miller -- Someone to watch over me: Vocal refrains -- We had to break up the band: Post-war jazz -- Call me irresponsible: Frank Sinatra -- Saturday night fish fry: Rhythm and blues -- California suite: The long-player -- It's Mitch Miller's world and we just live in it: The 45 -- Breaks a new heart every day: Peggy Lee -- Almost like praying: Post-war Broadway -- Squeeze me: Vocal jazz -- Experiments with mice: British big bands -- Revival: Trad jazz and folk -- In a restless world: Nat King Cole -- Ports of pleasure: Exotica -- Sharks in jets clothing: Rock 'n' Roll -- The summit: Frank, Dino and Sammy -- TV is the thing: The rise of television -- I could go on singing: The next generation -- The strength of strings: Film soundtracks -- What kind of fool am I: Lionel Bart and Anthony Newly -- Whipped cream and other delights: Adventures in Beatleland -- The last waltz: Tom Jones and the new balladeers -- Some kind rapprochementent: The 1970s.…”

Anthem : social movements and the sound of solidarity in the African diaspora / by Redmond, Shana L.

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Which side are you on? : 20th century American history in 100 protest songs / by Sullivan, James, 1965 November 7-