The Cambridge History of American Music
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- Editor: David Nicholls, University of Southampton
- Date Published: June 2004
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521545549
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The Cambridge History of American Music is the first study of music in the United States to be written by a team of scholars. The volume begins with a survey of the music of Native Americans and then explores the historical and cultural events of musical life for the period up to 1900. Other contributors then examine the growth of popular music, including film and stage music, jazz, rock, and immigrant, folk, and regional music. The volume also includes chapters on twentieth-century art music, including the experimental, serial, and tonal traditions.
Read more- The first history of American music by a team of specialists
- Up-to-date scholarship, fully researched and backed by extended bibliographies
- Coverage leans towards non-art music such as ethnic music histories, cultural differences; reflects true nature of music in American history
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- Date Published: June 2004
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521545549
- length: 654 pages
- dimensions: 227 x 153 x 40 mm
- weight: 1.07kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Notes on contributors
Editor's preface
Part I:
1. American Indian musics, past and present Victoria Lindsay Levine
2. Music in America: an overview (part 1) William Brooks
3. Secular music to 1800 Kate Van Winkle Keller with John Koegel
4. Sacred music to 1800 Nym Cooke
5. African-American music to 1900 Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje
6. Immigrant, folk and regional musics in the nineteenth century Michael Broyles
7. Nineteenth-century popular music Dale Cockrell
8. Art music from 1800 to 1860 Katherine K. Preston
9. Art music from 1860 to 1920 Michael Broyles
Part II:
10. Music in America: an overview (part 2) William Brooks
11. Immigrant, folk and regional musics in the twentieth century Philip V. Bohlman
12. Popular song and popular music on stage and film Stephen Banfield
13. The rock and roll era Robert Walser
14. Ragtime and early jazz Jeffrey Magee
15. Jazz from 1930 to 1960 David Joyner
16. Jazz since 1960 Ronald Radano
17. Tonal traditions in art music from 1920 to 1960 Larry Starr
18. Serialism and complexity Stephen Peles
19. Avant-garde and experimental music David Nicholls
20. Tonal traditions in art music since 1960 Jonathan W. Bernard
Bibliography and references
Index.
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