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Piano As A Morale Booster | Walter Edgar's Journal - Episode 2

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Dr. Thompson outlines the importance of Confederate music publishers, and how they played a crucial role in distributing music throughout the South.  He then discusses the different styles of music written during the war.  Playing the piano during the war became a morale boosting pastime for people left behind on the home front, especially for women.  Dr. Thompson plays a sample of “General Lee’s March,” as an example of morale-boosting music.

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Thomas "Blind Tom" Wiggins | Walter Edgar's Journal
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In this first segment on Civil War piano music, Dr. David B. Thompson briefly discusses the life of African American composer Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins, and plays one of his works.
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The American Civil War shaped every aspect of life in the South, including music. Along with songs and military band music published in the South during the war, a considerable repertoire of solo...