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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Foreword xi
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Introduction xix
7. Chapter 1 “To Sing Out the Future of Our Beloved Fatherland” 1
8. Chapter 2 Pieśni o ziemi naszej (Songs of Our Land) 22
9. Chapter 3 The Convention of “Unhappy Memory” 36
10. Chapter 4 “Active Duty” 50
11. Chapter 5 “Cultural Care” 64
12. Chapter 6 World War II and a New Immigration 88
13. Chapter 7 The Czechlewski Years: The Ideological Organization Redefined 110
14. Chapter 8 Polish American Choral Culture 126
15. Chapter 9 “Let Poland Be Poland” 160
16. Chapter 10 Quo Vadis Polish Song in North America? 173
17. Appendices
18. Appendix A PSAA National Officers 187
19. Appendix B National Conventions 194
20. Appendix C Individual Choirs 196
21. Appendix D Honorary Members 214
22. Appendix E Compositions of Antoni Małłek Celebrating the Holy Trinity Immigrant Neighborhood in Chicago* 226
23. Appendix F Membership [incomplete] 229
24. Appendix G Hlond Trophy Winners 230
25. Appendix H Children’s Choirs 232
26. Appendix I Selected Biographies 235
27. Appendix J Competition Songs, Winning Choirs, and Free Selection at National Conventions of the Polish Singers Alliance of America 264
28. Appendix K Guest Artists and Selections Performed at National and International Conventions of the Polish Singers Alliance of America, 1905–1998 269
29. Appendix L Songs Sung by Choirs at the Concerts of the National and International Convention of the Polish Singers Alliance of America 275
30. Appendix M PSAA Districts and Choirs—1999 283
31. Notes 287
32. Bibliography 331
33. Index 345