American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (868 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0190632992 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 672 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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I especially like the timelines as a means to put developments in popular music into a historic context."--Carol Shansky, Iona College. Norbert College"This text is comprehensive, scholarly, and detailed. "American Popular Music is perfect for my class and I would recommend it for adoption for similar courses. For my course, one that focuses on the development and evolution of American popular music, it is great."--Eric High, St. I appreciate the review questions and key terms and people
Larry Starr is Chair of American Music Studies and Waters Endowed Professor of Music at the University of Washington.Christopher Waterman is Professor of World Arts and Culture and former Dean of the School of the Arts and Architecture at UCLA.
In the fifth edition of their best-selling text, American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3, Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman provide a unique combination of cultural and social history with the analytical study of musical styles.. Explore the rich terrain of American popular music with the most complete, colorful, and authoritative introduction of its kind