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Music on Martha's Vineyard

By Thomas Dresser

Music on Martha's Vineyard Arts & Music

Music on Martha's Vineyard

By Thomas Dresser

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Martha's Vineyard has a rich musical legacy that stretches back to the earliest drumbeats of the Wampanoags and the whaling chanteys of the nineteenth century. Returning Civil War veterans formed the island's oldest continuous music ensemble, the Vineyard Haven Band. Vineyarders embrace all things musical, from choral and string ensembles to singers and songwriters. Discover this melodious history from the early twentieth-century dance bands at the Tivoli ballroom, through the war years, the piano bars and the nascent folk music scene at the Mooncusser Cafe, where Carly Simon and James Taylor played their first licks. Authors Thomas Dresser and Jerry Muskin explore the homegrown music scene and the summer stars who keep islanders and visitors moving to the beat.
Product details
Number of Pages:
194
Release Date:
2014-09-30
Publication Date:
2014-09-30
Publisher:
History Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1540211053
ISBN13:
9781540211057
Weight:
431 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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