Singing, Soldiering, and Sheet Music in America during the First World War

Military culture and sheet music writers understood music to have the power to help create a strong military and community in the face of conflict. This study of sheet music and military singing practices critically situates them in the context of the war and in social discourses, including issues of social change, segregation, and suffrage.

Christina Gier

Introduction: "Music Will Help Win the War!" Chapter 1: Singing Pacifism and Preparedness-Sheet Music about the War 1914-1917 Chapter 2: Off to Battle Singing-The Gendered Politics of War Song Chapter 3: Song Leaders and "Music in the Camps," November 1917 to June 1918 Chapter 4: Song Leaders in the Army and African American Soldier Singing in "Music in the Camps," July to November 1918 Chapter 5: Song Leaders in the Navy in "Music in the Camps," July to November 1918 Chapter 6: "On Patrol in No Man's Land"-Black Soldiers and Music Chapter 7: Deciding Musical Morality-The Context of "Joan of Arc" Chapter 8: "K-K-K-Katy" and Janis-Songs, Women and Performers Chapter 9: "Over the Top"-Masculinity and Fighting in Song Chapter 10: Postwar "Music in the Camps" and Sheet Music