Popular Music in America And The Beat Goes On
ISBN: 9780495505303 | 0495505307
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 9/26/2008
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This refreshingly current, fascinating book examines the roots and history of American popular music chronologically, from 1840 to the present. With a focus on basic music fundamentals as well as the elements of each style, POPULAR MUSIC IN AMERICA: THE BEAT GOES ON, Third Edition, examines the heritage and diversity of popular music; the underlying kinship among its many styles; and the evolution of popular music from minstrel show music to rap and alternative. The opening chapter uses a familiar musical example to introduce readers to the elements of popular music. The book is available with an exclusive, high-quality "heritage" 3-CD set that contains each selection discussed in depth in the first two thirds of the book: from the early twentieth century through the 1960s. The remaining examples may be accessed via online iTunes and Rhapsody playlists.
| A Matter of Style: Describing Popular Music | |
| The Beginnings of American Popular Music | |
| The Emergence of Black Music | |
| Popular Song in the Modern Era | |
| The Swing Era | |
| In from the Outskirts: Blues, Gospel, Country, and Folk Music, 1925-1950 | |
| Latin Music in the United States | |
| On the Charts, 1945-1954 | |
| Rock 'n' Roll, 1954-1964 | ... MORE |
| The Rock Revolution: Rock and Black Music in the 1960s | |
| Reactions to Rock: Established Styles in the Early Rock Era | |
| Rock and R&B in the 1970s | |
| Funk, Reggae, Disco, Punk: New Trends of the Late 1970s | |
| Electronica and Rap | |
| Beyond Rock: Pop, Rock, and R&B in the 1980s | |
| Alternatives: Alternative, Heavy Metal, and Grunge after 1980 | |
| A World of Music: Popular Music at the Turn of a New Century | |
| Glossary | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
