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Hard Times (1933 -1945) /

During the Great Depression and World War II, country music thrives and reaches bigger audiences. Gene Autry sets off a craze for singing cowboys, Bob Wills adapts jazz's Big Band sound to create Texas Swing, and Roy Acuff becomes a star.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: PBS (Firm)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : PBS, [2019]
Series:Ken Burns: Country Music.
Subjects:
Music and dance.
Music theory > History > 20th century.
Music > History and criticism.
Streaming video.
Musique et danse.
Théorie musicale > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Musique > Histoire et critique.
Vidéo en continu.
Music
Music and dance
Music theory
1900-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Internet videos
Internet videos.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:During the Great Depression and World War II, country music thrives and reaches bigger audiences. Gene Autry sets off a craze for singing cowboys, Bob Wills adapts jazz's Big Band sound to create Texas Swing, and Roy Acuff becomes a star.
Item Description:Originally released by PBS, 2019.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 29, 2019.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 53 min., 33 sec)) : sound.
Audience:9 - 12, Academic/AP