Sweet Freedom's Song: """My Country 'Tis of Thee"" and Democracy in America"

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Robert James Branham (late Professor of Rhetoric, late Professor of Rhetoric, Bates College, Maine) Stephen J. Hartnett (Department of Speech Communication, Department of Speech Communication, University of Illinois)

Sweet Freedom's Song

"""My Country 'Tis of Thee"" and Democracy in America"

Robert James Branham (late Professor of Rhetoric, late Professor of Rhetoric, Bates College, Maine), Stephen J. Hartnett (Department of Speech Communication, Department of Speech Communication, University of Illinois)

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Oxford University Press Inc
01 April 2002

Brass band, military music & marches; Regional studies; Cultural studies

"Although it isn't the official national anthem, America may be the most important and interesting patriotic song in our national repertoire. Sweet Freedom's Song: ""My Country 'Tis of Thee"" and Democracy in America is a celebration and critical exploration of the complicated musical, cultural and political roles played by the song America over the past 250 years. Popularly known as My Country 'Tis of Thee and as God Save the King/Queen before that this tune has a history as rich as the country it extols.

In Sweet Freedom's Song, Robert Branham and Stephen Hartnett chronicle this song's many incarnations over the centuries. Colonial Americans, Southern slaveowners, abolitionists, temperance campaigners and labor leaders, among others, appropriated and adapted the tune to create anthems for their own struggles. Because the song has been invoked by nearly every grassroots movement in American history, the story of America offers important insights on the story of democracy in the United States.

An examination of America as a historical artifact and cultural text, Sweet Freedoms Song is a reflection of the rebellious spirit of Americans throughout our nations history. The late Robert James Branham and his collaborator, Stephen Hartnett, have produced a thoroughly-researched, delightfully written book that will appeal to scholars and patriots of all stripes."

By: Robert James Branham (late Professor of Rhetoric late Professor of Rhetoric Bates College Maine)
Edited by: Stephen J. Hartnett (Department of Speech Communication Department of Speech Communication University of Illinois)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 168mm, Width: 230mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 553g
ISBN: 9780195137415
ISBN 10: 0195137418
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 01 April 2002
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Stephen J. Hartnett is Assistant Professor of Speech Communication at the University of Illinois, Urbana. As a musician and poet, he has released numerous recordings. Robert James Branham was Professor of Rhetoric at Bates College.

Reviews for Sweet Freedom's Song: """My Country 'Tis of Thee"" and Democracy in America"

Branham and Hartnett have skilfully crafted a fascinating and sweeping social history of the United States from the Revolution into the twentieth century, through the prism of the country's traditional national anthem ... They have deftly explored how the study of popular music can illuminate vital (and conflicting) aspects of the country's history. The Journal of American History Readers will learn much from these pages. Richard Crawford, Times Literary Supplement