"to Everything There Is a Season" Pete Seeger and the Power of Song

ISBN-10: 019532482X

ISBN-13: 9780195324822

Edition: 2010

Authors: Allan M. Winkler

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Pete Seeger became one of the nation's most influential activists and folk singers as the folk music revival, often revolving around protest movements, unfolded in the 1960s. This text uses Pete Seeger's life and music as a frame of reference to discuss the important role popular music playedduring the various protest movements in the 20th century. Seeger's life reflected the turbulence of his times and his songs sounded the spirit of the issues that he felt mattered most. Over the course of his long life, he composed songs we still sing today: "If I Had a Hammer," "Where Have All theFlowers Gone," "We Shall Overcome," "Union Maid," "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy," and "Garbage".This text is…

Book details

List price: $28.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/11/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.60" wide x 4.60" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English