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Washington, DC - Long before the advent of the 30-second campaign ad, Americans used political songs to celebrate, and sear, the candidates they loved and those they loved to hate. "Voices, Votes, Victory: Presidential Campaign Songs" a new exhibition that opens today and runs through March 7, 2009 in the Music Division at the Library of Congress, explores the history of the political song in the U.S. The Music Division is on the first floor of the Library’s James Madison Building at 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. The political song can be found as far back as the era of the nation’s first president, George Washington, who was celebrated in music after he took that office. But political singing took on a more contentious tone by the 1840s, as campaign songs began to be used to persuade potential voters and... [read full story]
