Sweet Air: Modernism, Regionalism, and American Popular Song

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Sweet Air Comentale_Text.indd 1 2/19/13 4:11 PM Music in American Life A list of books in the series appears at the end of this book. Comentale_Text.indd 2 2/19/13 4:11 PM Sweet Air Modernism, Regionalism, and American Popular Song Edward P. Comentale University of Illinois Press Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield Comentale_Text.indd 3 2/19/13 4:11 PM © 2013 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 c p 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Comentale, Edward P. Sweet air : modernism, regionalism, and American popular song / Edward P. Comentale. pages cm.—(Music in American life) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-252-07892-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) isbn 978-0-252-03739-9 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Popular music—United States—History and criticism. 2. Popular music—Social aspects—United States—History. I. Title. ml3477.c66  2013 782.421640973—dc23  2012042309 Comentale_Text.indd 4 2/19/13 4:11 PM To Margaret and Fern, darlings both Comentale_Text.indd 5 2/19/13 4:11 PM Comentale_Text.indd 6 2/19/13 4:11 PM ...