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What Is A Song? American Popular Song: A Brief History Who Created the Song? What Is the Song's Structure? What Was the Song's Historical Context? What Does the Song Mean? What Can Songs Tell Us About People and Society? Model Interpretation Sources of Song American Song Online Annotated Bibliography Try It Yourself! Download Entire Essay (Adobe PDF) Table of Contents Try it Yourself!

Test your critical skills with these exercises designed to explore how songs work as historical evidence.

Ask yourself these important questions:

Who created the song?

What is the song’s structure?

What was the song’s historical context?

What does the song mean?

What can songs tell us about people and society?

 

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