“Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are strangely silent where once they were filled with the beauty of bird song.” StatesScienceSongUnitedSilenceBeautyMorningUnited StatesReturnSpringBirdAreasFilledSilentEnvironmentalPollutionEarly MorningSilent SpringEarly BirdBird Song Author:Rachel Carson
“In the United States, many people said you can't have folk music in the United States because you don't have any peasant class. But the funny thing was, there were literally thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people who loved old time fiddling, ballads, banjo tunes, blues played on the guitar, spirituals and gospel hymns. These songs and music didn't fit into any neat category of art music nor popular music nor jazz. So gradually they said well let's call it folk music.” PeopleWellsArtSaidStatesSongUnitedClassUnited StatesFitJazzGuitarFolksTunesCategoriesThey SaidFunny ThingsPeasantsNeatHymnsFolk MusicBalladsOld TimePopular MusicArt MusicBanjos Author:Pete Seeger
“I think if the United States gave anything to culture at large in the 20th century, the most important contribution made was the popular song.” IfsThinkingMadeImportantStatesSongCultureUnitedUnited StatesCenturyContribution20th CenturyPopular SongImportant Contributions Author:Linda Ronstadt
“I think the zenith of popular songwriting to the United States of America was that period that started in the '20s and went into the '50s. It was the period of the great American standard song.” ThinkingStatesAmericaSongUnitedUnited StatesPeriodsStandardsSongwritingUnited States Of AmericaGreat AmericanZenith Author:Linda Ronstadt