Film, Video Radio Enchains Music: The 1940 ASCAP Radio War and Music Festivals
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Title
- Radio Enchains Music: The 1940 ASCAP Radio War and Music Festivals
Summary
- Drawing on recordings, reviews, photographs, sheet music and materials in the Library's ASCAP Foundation Collection, this lecture argues that the 1940 ASCAP concert sheds new light on the issues of mass culture and radio, protest, race and gender at this reaffirmation of the American popular music canon in the final years before involvement in World War II.
Event Date
- November 17, 2021
Running Time
- 42 minutes 35 seconds
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