The Rehearsal

William Fordyce Brooks

doi:10.5406/americanmusic.34.4.0507

The Rehearsal

William Fordyce Brooks

Music

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Abstract

Before the Great War there were lesser ones; and there were some that never really happened. On the border between Mexico and the United States, in 1914 and 1916, two of the latter occurred. In retrospect it is clear that these served in part as a rehearsal for America’s participation in the war in Europe. They served also to rehearse the music industry, in all its manifestations, for the wartime activity to come. This article traces musical America’s response to the evolving narrative on the border, with data compiled from analysis of the Myers Collection (University of Illinois) and the Driscoll Collection (Newberry Library) and from copyright searches, and with two case studies: songs by Irving Berlin and by Ernest R. Ball and J. Kiern Brennan.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	507-534
Number of pages	28
Journal	American Music
Volume	34
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5406/americanmusic.34.4.0507
Publication status	Published - 27 Mar 2017

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© 2017 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details

Keywords

border war
mexico
sheet music
popular music
Irving Berlin
Ernest R. Ball
J. Kiern Brennan

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William Brooks
- wfb3york.acuk
- Music - Professor, Former employee
Person: Academic

1 Public lecture

The Music of World War I
William Brooks (Speaker)
4 Feb 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation › Public lecture

1 Finished

Still bravely singing: 'In Flanders fields' Composers and American culture dring the great war
Brooks, W.
AHRC
9/04/06 → 8/08/06
Project: Research project (funded) › Research

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