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This Is My America

Gerald Swick — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:45:02 +0000

An interview with Douglas Hutton, executive producer of This is My America, a 3-CD set that presents a musical history of the United States, from before European settlers arrived to the present day.

Songwriters Talk About This Is My America

Gerald Swick — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:38:59 +0000

Comments by songwriters and others involved in creating This Is My America, a 3-CD musical history of America from before European settlers arrived to the present day.

Manchester: Queen of the North

HistoryNet Staff — Thu, 03 May 2007 11:31:31 +0000

The long history of Manchester, England, includes a dichotomy of music and literature contrasted with horrible working conditions in 19th-century cotton mills that exemplified free trade at its most extreme.

Irving Berlin

HistoryNet Staff — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:24:17 +0000

Irving Berlin was perhaps America's most beloved composers.

By Paula Anne Greten

James P. 'Bull' Durham: True Balladeer of the Vietnam War

HistoryNet Staff — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:16:27 +0000

Former 'Puff the Magic Dragon' gunship pilot James P. 'Bull' Durham is a true balladeer of the Vietnam War.

'Home, Sweet Home': A Civil War Soldier's Favorite Song

HistoryNet Staff — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:13:52 +0000

John Howard Payne's haunting 'Home, Sweet Home' was the Civil War soldier's favorite song.

Leningrad Symphony: A Symphony of War

ehoward — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:10:00 +0000

During the dark days of the Wehrmacht's long siege of Leningrad, the spirits of the Russian city's citizens and defenders were lifted by a musical masterpiece.

The Music of War

HistoryNet Staff — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:09:59 +0000

Ever since Joshua fit the Battle of Jericho, music has served as both a psychological weapon and a way to communicate in battle.

John Hill Hewitt: Dixie's Original One-Man Band

HistoryNet Staff — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:06:33 +0000

John Hill Hewitt did it all. He played three instruments. He penned poems and essays, and staged theater productions. And he churned out one hit tune after another.

Harry Macarthy: The Bob Hope of the Confederacy

HistoryNet Staff — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:06:33 +0000

He could make tired soldiers laugh, and his 'Bonnie Blue Flag' churned southern audiences into a frenzy. That was why Harry Macarthy was loved from one end of the confederacy to the other.