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Songs for Joe Hill

Lanci, Michael P
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7580-0569
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin149580760300849

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2017, DMA, University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music: Composition.
Songs for Joe Hill is a collection of five protest songs based on the texts of late 19th century authors and poets who addressed issues of labor, social, and political rights within their work. This composition is dedicated to the Swedish immigrant, singer-song writer, and labor rights activist Joe Hill (1879- 1915), who was a member of the Industrial Workers Union of the World, which is still one of the largest union organizations in the world and can be accredited for helping fight for many of the labor rights we enjoy today. Although Joe Hill was an important influence in helping further the cause of the growing American labor movements of the early 20th century, it was not until the highly controversial trial that led to Joe Hill’s execution for the murder of John G. Morris and his son outside their Salt Lake City grocery store in 1914, that his beliefs were brought to the public’s attention. Speculation surrounding the evidence presented by the prosecution, and rumors of collusion between eyewitnesses and local mining companies that were strongly anti-union, led to the involvement of President Woodrow Wilson, the Swedish ambassador, and author Helen Keller in an unsuccessful bid for clemency. This helped further generate international media attention, turning Joe Hill into one of the more significant martyrs of the labor rights movement.
Michael Fiday (Committee Chair)
Mara Helmuth (Committee Member)
Douglas Knehans (Committee Member)
101 p.
Music
Music Composition; Songs; Protest; Labor; Social; Politics

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  • Lanci, M. P. (2017). Songs for Joe Hill [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin149580760300849

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lanci, Michael. Songs for Joe Hill. 2017. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin149580760300849.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lanci, Michael. "Songs for Joe Hill." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin149580760300849

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