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The singing farm women of rural Indiana (1934-2009): a Depression era program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture

By Linda , Pohly

Book information

Publisher
Edwin Mellen Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780773430518, 0773430512, 9780773418813, 0773418814
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17857041 bytes)
Pages
453 pages\453
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Choirs (Music)--Indiana--History;Choral music--Ind

Description

In this book the author depicts the lives of rural farm women who travelled through the countryside singing songs. The choral group has lasted over seventy years and this catalogues through archival material, interviews, and scrapbooks kept by the women themselves, the life of this Depression Era Program. What began in the 1930?s has grown out of obscurity into an inter-state travelling music organization inspiring many offshoots. It is about the role music can play in someone?s life and the camaraderie and social interaction that come with ensemble participation. It is also about the life exp.

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