| American Popular Music: Readings From the Popular Press Volume 2: The Age of Rock Contributor(s): Scheurer, Timothy E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0879724684 ISBN-13: 9780879724689 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1989 Annotation: Beginning with the emergence of commercial American music in the nineteenth century, Volume 1 includes essays on the major performers, composers, media, and movements that shaped our musical culture before rock and roll. Articles explore the theoretical dimensions of popular music studies; the music of the nineteenth century; and the role of black Americans in the evolution of popular music. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal - Social Science | Popular Culture - Travel | Essays & Travelogues |
| Dewey: 781.640 |
| LCCN: 89-062346 |
| Series: China Statistics Seris |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.06" W x 9.06" (0.85 lbs) 276 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Beginning with the emergence of commercial American music in the nineteenth century, Volume 1 includes essays on the major performers, composers, media, and movements that shaped our musical culture before rock and roll. Articles explore the theoretical dimensions of popular music studies; the music of the nineteenth century; and the role of black Americans in the evolution of popular music. Also included-the music of Tin Pan Alley, ragtime, swing, the blues, the influences of W. S. Gilbert and Rodgers and Hammerstein, and changes in lyric writing styles from the nineteenth century to the rock era. |