| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
vi, 330 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
Tin Pan Alley and the theater. Tin Pan Alley and American popular song ; American musical theater -- The African-American tradition. African origins and acculturation in the new world ; Early commercialization of African-American music ; American blues traditions ; Jazz in New Orleans and Chicago ; Jazz pioneers in Chicago ; Big bands and the swing years ; Popular styles in jazz since the swing era -- Country music and the Anglo-American tradition. The folk origins of country music ; Early commercialization of country music ; Country meets western ; Nashville becomes Music City, U.S.A. ; From bluegrass to young country -- Rock and the gathering of America's music. The origins and development of early rock ; Fifties pop and folk rock ; The British invasion ; Psychedelic rock and roots revivalists ; Gospel, soul, and Motown ; From progressive rock to reggae in the seventies ; Hard and soft rock in the seventies ; New heights and high tech in the eighties ; Many sounds from many places in the nineties ; Music in a new millennium. |
| Subject |
Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Popular music -- United States -- Analysis, appreciation.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte
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| ISBN |
9780073526577 alkaline paper |
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0073526576 alkaline paper |
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