| Description |
366 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-350) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The harmonic language of the popular ballad -- Rhythmic features of the popular ballad -- Melodic design : descriptive categories -- The lyric : its qualities and melodic roles -- Form : nomenclature and templates -- The large-scale view : a primer -- Ballads of Jerome Kern -- Ballads of Irving Berlin -- Ballads of Cole Porter -- Ballads of George Gershwin -- Ballads |
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of Richard Rodgers -- Ballads of Harold Arlen -- Ballads of Richard Whiting, Walter Donaldson, Harry Warren, Jimmy McHugh, Vincent Youmans, Duke Ellington, and Kurt Weill -- Ballads of Hoagy Carmichael, Arthur Schwartz, Vernon Duke, John Green, Burton Lane, and Jimmy Van Heusen -- Ballads of Kay Swift, Bernice Petkere, Ann Ronell, Dana Suesse, and Ruth Lowe -- Concluding |
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reflections. |
| Subject |
Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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| Indexed Term |
Popular music Songs History |
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United States |
| ISBN |
069104399X |
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