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[email protected] Fighting for the Home Team: Music and Stadium Violence Avital Rosen Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts in Musicology at the City College of the City University of New York May 2013 Table of Contents Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………………...iii Introduction………………………………………………………………………………1 Section 1: College Football………………………………………………………………5 A Brief History of Military Marching Bands…………………………………..5 Fight Songs and Stadium Anthems……………………………………………12 Section II: Baseball……………………………………………………………………..24 The Power of the Human Voice………………………………………………..24 The Super Fan………………………….……………………………………….28 Section III: Soccer………………………………………………………………………36 A Seven Nation Army Couldn’t Hold Me Back………………………………36 Who Do You Love More: Your Team, or Your Wife?………………….…....41 Section IV: Solutions…………………………………………………………………...50 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………53 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………….56 ii Acknowledgements I would first like to express my sincere gratitude to my thesis advisor, Dr. Jonathan Pieslak. Dr. Pieslak’s graduate course, Music and Extremist Cultures, revitalized my interest in research and scholarly writing and ultimately served as the catalyst for my thesis. I deeply admire his expertise in his subject matter, and I have grown tremendously under his tutelage. His continued patience and encouragement motivated me throughout the course of this project.