| Description |
xv, 620 pages ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
1. The Origins of Popular Music -- 2. Minstrelsy, and the War between the States -- 3. The Rise of Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley -- 4. The Ragtime Era and the Coon Shouters -- 5. The Early Years of Jazz -- 6. Broadway and the Golden Age of Songwriting -- 7. The Jazz Age, the Great Depression and New Markets: Race and Hillbilly Music -- 8. Big Band Jazz -- 9. The Swing Era Begins -- 10. Small-group Jazz, the Jukebox and the New Independent Labels -- 11. The 1940s: War and Other Calamities -- 12. The Early 1950s: Frustration and Confusion -- 13. Music for Grown-ups -- 14. Rock'n'roll; or, Black Music to the Rescue (Again) -- 15. The Abdication of a Generation -- 16. A Last Gasp of Innocence -- 17. The 1960s: A Folk Boom, a British Invasion, the Soul Years and the Legacy of an Era -- 18. The Heat Death of Pop Music -- 19. Black Music: Everybody's Still Doing It |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [561]-578) and index |
| Subject |
Popular music -- History and criticism.
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| LC no. |
94036824 |
| ISBN |
0312115733 |
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