Local scholar looks at how American music helped shape national laws for America’s 250th

from WAMU · host Spencer Bryant, Jackson Sinnenberg

Music scholar Anna Harwell Celenza talks to WAMU about her new book "On The Record: Music that Changed America," which surveys iconic American musical works that shaped the nation's laws.

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