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- catalog abstract "The image of the Irish in the United States changed drastically over time, from that of hard-drinking, rioting Paddies to genial, patriotic working-class citizens. In 'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream, William H.A. Williams traces the change in this image through more than seven hundred pieces of sheet music - popular songs from the stage and for the parlor - to show how Americans' opinions of Ireland and the Irish went practically from one extreme to the other. Because sheet music was a commercial item it had to be acceptable to the broadest possible song-buying public. "Negotiations" about their image involved Irish songwriters, performers, and pressured groups, on the one hand, and non-Irish writers, publishers, and audiences, on the other. Williams ties the contents of song lyrics to the history of the Irish diaspora, suggesting how ethnic stereotypes are created and how they evolve within commercial popular culture.".
- catalog alternative "Image of Ireland and the Irish in American popular song lyrics, 1800-1920".
- catalog contributor b9210890.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Dear harp of my country, the Irish origins -- Romantic Irish popular songs in antebellum America -- From Teague to Paddy, the evolution of the stage Irishman -- Ethnicity and parlor songs, Paddy compared -- To the land we left and to the land we live in -- The Irish and Vaudeville -- The Irish in post-Civil War song -- The theater and songs of Edward Harrigan -- Paddy on the alley -- Irish America in search of an image -- All that I want is in Ireland.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The image of the Irish in the United States changed drastically over time, from that of hard-drinking, rioting Paddies to genial, patriotic working-class citizens. In 'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream, William H.A. Williams traces the change in this image through more than seven hundred pieces of sheet music - popular songs from the stage and for the parlor - to show how Americans' opinions of Ireland and the Irish went practically from one extreme to the other. Because sheet music was a commercial item it had to be acceptable to the broadest possible song-buying public. "Negotiations" about their image involved Irish songwriters, performers, and pressured groups, on the one hand, and non-Irish writers, publishers, and audiences, on the other. Williams ties the contents of song lyrics to the history of the Irish diaspora, suggesting how ethnic stereotypes are created and how they evolve within commercial popular culture.".
- catalog extent "xii, 311 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "'Twas only an Irishman's dream.".
- catalog identifier "0252022467 (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "0252065514 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "'Twas only an Irishman's dream.".
- catalog isPartOf "Music in American life".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
- catalog relation "'Twas only an Irishman's dream.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "782.42/089/9162073 20".
- catalog subject "Irish Americans Music Music History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Irish Americans Songs and music Texts History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Irish Songs and music Texts History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "ML3554 .W77 1996".
- catalog subject "Popular music United States History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Popular music United States Texts History and criticism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Dear harp of my country, the Irish origins -- Romantic Irish popular songs in antebellum America -- From Teague to Paddy, the evolution of the stage Irishman -- Ethnicity and parlor songs, Paddy compared -- To the land we left and to the land we live in -- The Irish and Vaudeville -- The Irish in post-Civil War song -- The theater and songs of Edward Harrigan -- Paddy on the alley -- Irish America in search of an image -- All that I want is in Ireland.".
- catalog title "'Twas only an Irishman's dream : the image of Ireland and the Irish in American popular song lyrics, 1800-1920 / William H.A. Williams.".
- catalog title "Image of Ireland and the Irish in American popular song lyrics, 1800-1920".
- catalog type "text".