No candidate for President of the United States was ever elected or rejected because of a song; but since 1800 the campaign song appeared constantly (until 1964) amidst the paraphernalia of the electoral process. These songs; usually set to the common tunes of their day; were printed and distributed in the form of books or pamphlets named songsters. Until now; few serious studies of the American presidential campaign songster have been written. This vital work by William Miles brings bibliographic control to the study of the American presidential campaign by focusing on each campaigns songsters from 1840 to 1964.The book is arranged chronologically according to election campaigns; and within each campaign by winner; loser; and third party candidates. Each entry contains information on authors; lyricists; or composers as determined from song title-pages; the volume itself; or other sources. Complete titles and imprint data follow within each entry; along with descriptive notes and references to libraries holding copies of the volume cited. Appendixes include a campaign song discography and a checklist of secondary sources. Songs; Odes; Glees; and Ballads should prove to be of great value to music librarians; curators of special collections; political scientists with an interest in national election campaigns; historians; and collectors of and dealers in political Americana.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A Primer for the Mid Century EnthusiastBy Marco Antonio AbarcaIn 1932; Philip Johnson and Henry Russel Hitchcock held a retrospective of European modern architecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. They coined the term "International Style" to describe this newly emerging style. This show captured the imagination of many of the United States best young architects and designers. They soon began to put an American spin on the new "International Style" of architecture.Eight years after the MOMA show; James and Katherine Ford published; "The Modern House in America". The purpose of the book was to draw attention to this new style of architecture as it was being developed in the United States. This volume was in turn republished by Dover Press in 1989 and retitled; "Classic Modern Homes of the Thirties".This volume showcases sixty four designs by such noted architects as Neutra; Gropius; Breuer; Shindler and Soriano. These works are shown with 194 photographs and 128 plans and drawings. It is important to note; these images come from a book published in 1940 and therefore lack the precision and design values that you would find in a book published today. This reprint is not a coffee table style of book. Its value is more historical in nature.What I found most interesting in this book; is to see how some of the best homes of this period start taking on an iconic stature within a few years of being constructed. Homes that are the subject of recently written monographs are shown as newly built homes.Mid-Century Modern is all the rage at the current time. There is no better volume to give an enthusiast an understanding of what forces came together to form this look. To really know Neutra; Schindler and Soriano; you have to know what they were building in the late 1930s.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The number of pages dedicated to each of the projects ...By SmartensThe number of pages dedicated to each of the projects is very reduced. I would rather less projects with more detail if the intention was to keep the number of pages small.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Wow; awesome book.By VICTORIA S. FROSTWow; what an awesome book. Great addition to my library collection. Exactly as listed; but better than expected. Shipped quickly; too.