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1、AMERICANMUSICDURINGWORLDWARI,WORLDWARIIANDVIETNAMByAlexMargolis,HoraceGreeleyH.S.DuringtheCivilWar,whensoldiersfromdifferentstateswithvaryingmusicbackgroundscametogether,theybroughttheirmusicandwhencombined,createdthestyleandsongsweknowtodayas“AmericanMusic”DixieBattleH
2、ymnoftheRepublicWhenJohnnycomesMarchingHomeBattleCryofFreedomWhilethesesongsarenotonesusuallyassociatedwithWWI,WWIIorVietnam,theirtuneandstyleinfluencedfutureAmerican“war”music,includingthatofthethreewars.WORLDWARONE…BEGINSAMERICANNEUTRALITYWhenwarbrokeoutinEurope,Ameri
3、cansrecognizedthehardworkEnglandwasdoingontheothersideofthepond.Inthefirsttwoyearsofthewar,AmericansforthemostpartwerenotwillingtosendtheirboysoffbutsupportedwhatBritainwasdoingagainstthecentralpowers.“It’salongwaytoTipperary”waswritteninhonoroftheBritishfight.Tipperary
4、isactuallyinIrelandandtheTipperaryGuardswere“militiamen”ofIrelandwhowerecalleduptofighttheCentralPowers<----AMERICANNEUTRALITY(cont.)AmericanshadbeeninvolvedintheSpanish-AmericanWarandthemessinPhilippines15yearspriortoWWIandwerenotinthemoodtosendtheirboystodieagain.Isol
5、ationismwasnotunpopular.Averypopularsongreflectingthepublic’sattitudewas“Don’tTakeMyDarlingBoyAway”.Themotherinthissongisbeggingthecaptainnottotakeherlastsonasshehasalreadylostherhusbandandotherthreesonsinservicetothecountry.ThesongshowshowAmericansdidnotfeelthewarwason
6、inwhichtheyshouldsendtheirfamilyovertofightin.“AmotherwaskneelingtoprayForlovedonesatwarfarawayAndtherebyherside,heronejoyandpride,kneltdownwithherthatday…Thesongcontinuestodescribethemother’shorrorathavingthefacetherealitythatshemightloseherhusbandandallsonstofightinaw
7、arthatwas“wrong”Don'ttakemydarlingboyawayfromme,Don'tsendhimofftowarYoutookhisfatherandbrothersthree,Nowyou'vecomebackformoreAsGermanyincreaseditssubmarinewarfareagainstallships,bothcivilianandmilitary,Americansbecamemoreandmorewillingtoenterthewar.ThentheZimmermanteleg
8、raph,whichatfirstwasbelievedtobeafraud,madewayforahugeamountofantiGermansentimentintheUnitedStatesandonApril6,
