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Music on Martha's Vineyard: A History of Harmony

By Thomas Dresser , Jerold Muskin

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Year
2014
ISBN
9781625851567, 9781626196230, 2014032504
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
7 MB (7705595 bytes)
Series
Music
Pages
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Time added
2022-09-28 08:54:34
HistoryMUS020000MusicNonfiction

Description

Martha’s Vineyard has a rich musical legacy that stretches back to the earliest drumbeats of the Wampanoags and the whaling chanteys of the nineteenth century. Returning Civil War veterans formed the island’s oldest continuous music ensemble, the Vineyard Haven Band. Vineyarders embrace all things musical, from choral and string ensembles to singers and songwriters. Discover this melodious history from the early twentieth-century dance bands at the Tivoli ballroom, through the war years, the piano bars and the nascent folk music scene at the Mooncusser Café, where Carly Simon and James Taylor played their first licks. Authors Thomas Dresser and Jerry Muskin explore the homegrown music scene and the summer stars who keep islanders and visitors moving to the beat.

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