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American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MTV
 
 

American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MTV (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, USA; Pap/Com edition (1 Feb 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 019510854X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0195108545
  • Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 19 x 2.8 cm
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  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 413,701 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MTV is a tremendous accomplishment. A vast array of styles and contexts are skillfully brought together in a coherent and thoroughly readable narrative, and the authors' delight in their subject matter is palpable on every page. For the student, teacher, or general reader interested in pop, this book unquestionably becomes the definitive survey text."--Daniel Sonenberg, University of Southern Maine, in the Institute for Studies in American Music Newsletter, Spring 2005


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Coauthored by a music historian and an ethnomusicologist, American Popular Music provides an overview of the major styles of popular music and the evolving relationship between music and American culture from the late 19th century to the early 1990s. Organized historically, the book is unified by several recurrent themes: the development of critical listening skills; the multicultural roots of popular styles; the relationship between music and social identity; the influence of technology on music; and the structure and function of the music industry. Combining a graceful and accessible style with sound research and cultural awareness, American Popular Music identifies, through historical narrative and musical examples, the broad themes and on-going issues in the development of popular style and culture. Lavishly produced and stunningly designed with over 100 illustrations, the book includes numerous boxed inserts and sidebars, biographical sketches, and listening charts and lyrics.

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