This Land that I Love: Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and the Story of Two American Anthems

This Land that I Love: Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and the Story of Two American Anthems
ISBN-10
161039223X
ISBN-13
9781610392235
Category
Music
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2013-11-05
Publisher
Public Affairs
Author
John Shaw

Description

A narrative history of the writing of This Land Is Your Land and God Bless America discusses the conflicts and common ground between the two classic anthems, revealing how Woody Guthrie composed one as a reflection of Great Depression realities as a rebuttal to Irving Berlin's equally complex song, written partly in response to the rise of Hitler.

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