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A Passion for Polka
Language: en
Pages: 608
Authors: Victor Greene
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-12-22 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Not so long ago, songs by the Andrews Sisters and Lawrence Welk blasted from phonographs, lilted over the radio, and dazzled television viewers across the count
A Passion for Polka
Language: en
Pages: 400
Authors: Victor Greene
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-12-22 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Not so long ago, songs by the Andrews Sisters and Lawrence Welk blasted from phonographs, lilted over the radio, and dazzled television viewers across the count
Polish-American Folklore
Language: en
Pages: 286
Authors: Deborah Anders Silverman
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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In addition, she offers a wealth of information on foodways and on the origins and celebration of holy days, from Christmas Eve vigils to the Dyngus Day festiva
Polka Heartland
Language: en
Pages: 209
Authors: Rick March
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-20 - Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society

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"Polka Heartland" captures the beat that pulses in the heart of Midwestern culture--the polka--and offers up the fascinating history of how "oompah-pah" came to
The Roots of Texas Music
Language: en
Pages: 249
Authors: Lawrence Clayton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

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Contains nine essays in which the authors examine various aspects of Texas music from its beginnings to 1950, providing an overview of Texas music history, and