Sacramento State Professor Captures 'Sounds Of The New Deal' Wednesday, January 13, 2016 | Sacramento, CA Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Professor Peter Gough began teaching in the history department at Sacramento spring semester and has a new book just released by the University of Illinois Press in their "Music in American Life" series. It is titled "Sounds of the New Deal: The Federal Music Project in the West." We'll talk with Gough about researching the book and listen to some music selections that represent this moment in American history.