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Author Pohly, Linda, 1954-

Title The singing farm women of rural Indiana (1934-2009) : a Depression era program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture / Linda L. Pohly ; with a foreword by April C. Mason.

Publication Info. Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (453 pages)
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary In this book the author depicts the lives of rural farm women who travelled through the countryside singing songs. The choral group has lasted over seventy years and this catalogues through archival material, interviews, and scrapbooks kept by the women themselves, the life of this Depression Era Program. What began in the 1930?s has grown out of obscurity into an inter-state travelling music organization inspiring many offshoots. It is about the role music can play in someone?s life and the camaraderie and social interaction that come with ensemble participation. It is also about the life exp.
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Subject Melody Makers (Choral group)
Melody Makers (Choral group)
Choirs (Music) -- Indiana -- History.
Choirs (Music)
Indiana.
History.
Choral music -- Indiana.
Choral music.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9780773430518
ISBN 9780773418813 (electronic book)
0773418814 (electronic book)