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050	1	4	_aE809 _b.K37 2024
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100	1		_aKaskowitz, Sheryl, _eauthor _9374
245	1	2	_aA chance to harmonize : _bhow FDR's hidden music unit sought to save America from the Great Depression--one song at a time / _cSheryl Kaskowitz.
250			_aFirst Pegasus Books cloth edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bPegasus Books, _c2024.
300			_axxiii, 242 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 203-230) and index.
520			_a"In 1934, the Great Depression had destroyed the US economy, leaving residents poverty-stricken. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt urged President Roosevelt to take radical action to help those hit hardest-Appalachian miners and mill workers stranded after factories closed, city dwellers with no hope of getting work, farmers whose land had failed. They set up government homesteads in rural areas across the country, an experiment in cooperative living where people could start over. To boost morale and encourage the homesteaders to find community in their own traditions, the administration brought in artists to lead group activities-including folk music. As part of a music unit led by Charles Seeger (father of Pete), staffer Sidney Robertson traveled the country to record hundreds of folk songs. Music leaders, most notably Margaret Valiant, were sent to homesteads to use the collected songs to foster community and cooperation. Working almost entirely (and purposely) under the radar, the music unit would collect more than 800 songs and operate for nearly two years, until they were shut down under fire from a conservative coalition in Congress that deemed the entire homestead enterprise dangerously (3z(Bsocialistic." Despite its early demise, the music unit proved that music can provide hope and a sense of belonging even in the darkest times. It also laid the groundwork for the folk revival that followed, seeing the rise of artists like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Odetta, and Bob Dylan"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aPopular music _xSocial aspects _zUnited States _xHistory. _9375
650		0	_aDepressions _y1929 _zUnited States _xHistory. _9376
650		0	_aNew Deal, 1933-1939 _xHistory. _9377
650		0	_aFolk music _zUnited States _xHistory and criticism _9382
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _y1933-1945. _9379
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