
American Popular Music
From Minstrelsy to MTV
Lawrence Starr(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published in December 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-19-510854-5 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
num. halftones
numerous halftones
ISBN-13
978-0-19-510854-5 (9780195108545)
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