How the West Was Sung: Music in the Westerns of John Ford

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abolitionists, 179–80, 192, 230n31 Academy Awards, 10, 49, 53, 56, 75, 183, 190, 209–10n1, 211n21, 228n5 accompaniment in silent era, 15–16, 29–30, 32 accordions, 21, 184, 185; and Danny Borzage, 18–20, 20, 22, 89, 92, 108–10, 109, 184, 213n2, 215n24; and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 92, 215n24; and My Darling Clementine, 77, 86, 88–89, 213n2; and 3 Godfathers, 108–10, 109; and Two Rode Together, 185 African Americans, 4, 22, 51, 89, 102, 216n8, 230nn23,26,28,29; and Cheyenne Autumn, 200; and The Iron Horse, 34, 38; and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 96, 98, 216n32; and The Searchers, 175– 76, 179–80, 227n44; and Sergeant Rutledge, 187–93, 229n21, 230nn23,26, 231n48; and Stagecoach , 61; and Two Rode Together, 187–88 Agar, John, 133, 141 “Aha! San Antone,” 151, 153–54, 224n77 Alamo, The (1960), 182–83, 216n10, 228n4 “All around the Mulberry Bush,” 57 Allen, George, 59 Allen, Jules Verne, 95 Allen, Rex, 113–14 “All Praise to St. Patrick,” 1, 127, 135–36, 144 “All Round My Hat,” 141–42 “All the Way from Ireland,” 15, 40, 47–48 “Al pensar en ti,” 57, 73, 83 Altman, Rick, 15 “Amen,” 216n9 Americana Suite (Gruenberg), 52 American Cinema, The (Sarris), 10 American folk songs, 2, 22, 51–53, 92, 101, 144; and My Darling Clementine , 77, 81, 87; and Stagecoach, 5, 49, 56–57. See also folk songs Americanness. See national identity American Songbag (Sandburg), 82 American West of John Ford, The, 22 Anderson, Lindsay, 81 Andrews Sisters, 22, 142 Angel and the Badman (1947), 14, 101–2 “Angelina Baker,” 199 Anglo culture, 6, 52–53, 93, 101, 117; and Fort Apache, 126–27, 133, 139; and The Iron Horse, 46–47; and My Darling Clementine, 77–78, 81, 87; and The Searchers, 173–77, 179; and Stagecoach, 70, 74; and Two Rode Together, 7, 182, 187 241 Index Italicized page numbers refer to illustrations. Anglo Irish folk songs, 106–7, 127, 144 Ann Rutledge’s theme, 17, 20, 91–92, 96–99 antebellum South, 59–60, 180 Antheil, George, 54, 209–10n1 anti-immigrant sentiment, 34–37, 42 Apaches, 72–74, 126, 153, 224nn74,76 Araner (boat), 22 archetypes, western, 7, 52, 209–10n1, 221n32 Archuletta, Beulah, 174 Argosy Pictures, 4, 6, 14, 99–102, 111–12, 115, 121, 142, 143, 146, 219n12, 223n59 Armendáriz, Pedro, 103, 110 Arnold, Eddy, 153 Arrowsmith (1931), 16 art music, 6, 22, 29–30, 50–53, 56, 104, 152, 209–10n1 “Assembly of the Guard,” 144 assimilation, 5, 15, 25–26, 34–38, 41, 130, 133, 189 Astaire, Fred, 137 athleticism, 42, 46, 47 “Auld Lang Syne,” 17 auteurism, 2, 10–12, 132 Autry, Gene, 107, 113 “Autumn’s Ballad,” 198 babies: in The Iron Horse, 40, 208n54; in Stagecoach, 62, 65–67; in 3 Godfathers , 103–4, 106, 110 Bacharach, Burt, 96 Bacon, Lloyd, 87–88, 162 Bakaleinikoff, Constantin, 144 Baker, Carroll, 195–96 Balfe, Michael, 78 “Ballad of Davy Crockett, The,” 191 ballads, 52, 57, 59–60, 67, 78, 105–7, 180, 187, 192, 212n40, 221n43 Ballet mécanique (1924), 209–10n1 Bancroft, George, 65, 71 banjo, 51, 88–89, 117, 129, 184, 200, 209–10n1 “Barca de Oro, La” 91 Barrat, Robert, 140 Barrett, Curt, 80 Barrymore, John, 42 “Battle-cry of Freedom, The,” 2, 13, 57, 61–62, 179 “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” 2, 13, 61, 123, 127, 140, 144, 192, 197 Battle of Midway, The (1942), 18, 20, 75 “Beautiful Dreamer,” 127, 136, 183, 221n42 Behlmer, Rudy, 19, 58, 211n16, 212n28 “Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms,” 17 Bellah, James Warner, 129, 133, 147, 150, 189–90, 205n9, 219n6 Bellamy, Marge, 25 Berg, Charles Ramirez, 73–74, 127, 132, 173 Bernhardt, Sarah, 44 Bernstein, Matthew, 70 big band music, 22, 113–14 Big Parade, The (1925), 15, 130 “Big Rock Candy Mountain, The,” 199 Billings, John D., 129 Billings, William, 50 Billy the Kid (Copland), 52 Birth of a Nation, The (1915), 29, 207n22 “Black and Tan Fantasy,” 108, 217n27 black and white, 96, 146 blackface, 175, 211n24 blacklisting, 232n4 Black Watch, The (1929), 16–17 Bland, James K., 57, 78, 199 Blau, Victor, 191 Bloch, Ernest, 197 “Blue Bonnet,” 161 “Blue Danube, The,” 183 Boccherini, Luigi, 183, 228n8, 229n9 Bogdanovich, Peter, 17, 96, 99, 111 “Bold Fenian Men, The,” 135, 153. See also “Down by the Glenside” Boles, John, 60 Bond, Johnny, 113 Bond, Ward, 18, 21, 103, 112, 114...