My old Kentucky home : the astonishing life and reckoning of an iconic American song /
"A history of the popular song 'My Old Kentucky Home' and its impact on American culture"--
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2022.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "A history of the popular song 'My Old Kentucky Home' and its impact on American culture"-- It is the state song of Kentucky, and is sung each May, before every Kentucky Derby, since 1930. Written by Stephen Foster nine years before the Civil War, "My Old Kentucky Home" became a national minstrel sensation. It was a lament by an enslaved man, sold by his master, who must say goodbye to his family and cherished birthplace, with hints of the brutality to come. Bingham explores the history: from decades of performances through its twenty-first-century reassessment. -- adapted from jacket |
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| Item Description: | "A Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | xx, 329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Awards: | NYTB Main Reviews Non-fiction Trade, 2022 ; AMS: Music in American Culture Award, 2025 |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780525520795 0525520791 |