Author: David Ewen
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780130224422
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
Surveys the history of all categories of American popular music from colonial times to the present, with information on the music, composers, performers, and entrepreneurs.
All the Years of American Popular Music
Author: David Ewen
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780130224422
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
Surveys the history of all categories of American popular music from colonial times to the present, with information on the music, composers, performers, and entrepreneurs.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780130224422
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
Surveys the history of all categories of American popular music from colonial times to the present, with information on the music, composers, performers, and entrepreneurs.
The Rock Song Index
Author: Bruce Pollock
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
A listing of over 7,500 rock songs presented alphabetically by artist that notes the album the song appeared on, its year of release, the producer, record company, and songwriters. Also briefly describes the song or its popularity and features an index alphabetized by song title.
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
A listing of over 7,500 rock songs presented alphabetically by artist that notes the album the song appeared on, its year of release, the producer, record company, and songwriters. Also briefly describes the song or its popularity and features an index alphabetized by song title.
A Century of American Popular Music
Author: David A. Jasen
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135352712
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
First Published in 2002. A Century of American Popular Music is an annotated index to over 2,000 of the most popular, best remembered, historically important and otherwise influential and interesting popular music, from the landmark publication of Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag to the latest rap hit. It provides information all in one place that is available no where else: song title, composer, lyricist, publisher, date of copyright and genre. The annotations include, where possible, a discussion of the history of the song, how it was written, who popularized it, notable recordings with their original issue numbers, as well as covers and other versions that helped keep the song in public attention. Also included are indices by composer, publisher and year of publication.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135352712
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
First Published in 2002. A Century of American Popular Music is an annotated index to over 2,000 of the most popular, best remembered, historically important and otherwise influential and interesting popular music, from the landmark publication of Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag to the latest rap hit. It provides information all in one place that is available no where else: song title, composer, lyricist, publisher, date of copyright and genre. The annotations include, where possible, a discussion of the history of the song, how it was written, who popularized it, notable recordings with their original issue numbers, as well as covers and other versions that helped keep the song in public attention. Also included are indices by composer, publisher and year of publication.
American Popular Music: The nineteenth century and Tin Pan Alley
Author: Timothy E. Scheurer
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879724665
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Beginning with the emergence of commercial American music in the nineteenth century, Volume 1 includes essays on the major performers, composers, media, and movements that shaped our musical culture before rock and roll. Articles explore the theoretical dimensions of popular music studies; the music of the nineteenth century; and the role of black Americans in the evolution of popular music. Also included--the music of Tin Pan Alley, ragtime, swing, the blues, the influences of W. S. Gilbert and Rodgers and Hammerstein, and changes in lyric writing styles from the nineteenth century to the rock era.
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879724665
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Beginning with the emergence of commercial American music in the nineteenth century, Volume 1 includes essays on the major performers, composers, media, and movements that shaped our musical culture before rock and roll. Articles explore the theoretical dimensions of popular music studies; the music of the nineteenth century; and the role of black Americans in the evolution of popular music. Also included--the music of Tin Pan Alley, ragtime, swing, the blues, the influences of W. S. Gilbert and Rodgers and Hammerstein, and changes in lyric writing styles from the nineteenth century to the rock era.
Popular Music
Author: Roman Iwaschkin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317223454
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 675
Book Description
This is a comprehensive guide to popular music literature, first published in 1986. Its main focus is on American and British works, but it includes significant works from other countries, making it truly international in scope.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317223454
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 675
Book Description
This is a comprehensive guide to popular music literature, first published in 1986. Its main focus is on American and British works, but it includes significant works from other countries, making it truly international in scope.
American Popular Music and Its Business: From 1900 to 1984
Author: Russell Sanjek
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195043111
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 741
Book Description
Volume three of this work focuses on developments in the music business in the twentieth century, from its earliest days to the present era.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195043111
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 741
Book Description
Volume three of this work focuses on developments in the music business in the twentieth century, from its earliest days to the present era.
American Popular Music and Its Business
Author: the late Russell Sanjek
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190243309
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
This volume focuses on developments in the music business in the twentieth century, including vaudeville, music boxes, the relationship of Hollywood to the music business, the "fall and rise" of the record business in the 1930s, new technology (TV, FM, and the LP record) after World War II, the dominance of rock-and-roll and the huge increase in the music business during the 1950s and 1960s, and finally the changing music business scene from 1967 to the present, especially regarding government regulations, music licensing, and the record business.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190243309
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
This volume focuses on developments in the music business in the twentieth century, including vaudeville, music boxes, the relationship of Hollywood to the music business, the "fall and rise" of the record business in the 1930s, new technology (TV, FM, and the LP record) after World War II, the dominance of rock-and-roll and the huge increase in the music business during the 1950s and 1960s, and finally the changing music business scene from 1967 to the present, especially regarding government regulations, music licensing, and the record business.
The Popular Music Teaching Handbook
Author: B. Lee Cooper
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313072728
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The function of print resources as instructional guides and descriptors of popular music pedagogy are addressed in this concise volume. Increasingly, public school teachers and college-level faculty members are introducing and utilizing music-related educational approaches in their classrooms. This book lists reports dealing with popular music resources as classroom teaching materials, and will stimulate further thought among students and teachers. It focuses on the growing spectrum of published scholarship available to instructors in specific teaching fields (art, geography, social studies, urban studies, and so on) as well as on the multitude of general resources (including biographical directories and encyclopedias of artist profiles). Building on two recent publications: Teaching with Popular Music Resources: A Bibliography of Interdisciplinary Instructional Approaches, Popular Music and Society, XXII, no. 2 (Summer 1998), and American Culture Interpreted through Popular Music: Interdisciplinary Teaching Approaches (Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 2000), this volume focuses on the growing spectrum of published scholarship that is available to instructors in specific teaching fields (art, geography, social studies, urban studies, and so on) as well as on the multitude of general resources (including biographical directories and encyclopedias of artist profiles).
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313072728
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The function of print resources as instructional guides and descriptors of popular music pedagogy are addressed in this concise volume. Increasingly, public school teachers and college-level faculty members are introducing and utilizing music-related educational approaches in their classrooms. This book lists reports dealing with popular music resources as classroom teaching materials, and will stimulate further thought among students and teachers. It focuses on the growing spectrum of published scholarship available to instructors in specific teaching fields (art, geography, social studies, urban studies, and so on) as well as on the multitude of general resources (including biographical directories and encyclopedias of artist profiles). Building on two recent publications: Teaching with Popular Music Resources: A Bibliography of Interdisciplinary Instructional Approaches, Popular Music and Society, XXII, no. 2 (Summer 1998), and American Culture Interpreted through Popular Music: Interdisciplinary Teaching Approaches (Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 2000), this volume focuses on the growing spectrum of published scholarship that is available to instructors in specific teaching fields (art, geography, social studies, urban studies, and so on) as well as on the multitude of general resources (including biographical directories and encyclopedias of artist profiles).
Bibliographical Handbook of American Music
Author: Donald William Krummel
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252014505
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252014505
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A Guide to Popular Music Reference Books
Author: Gary Haggerty
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313387710
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
A guide to locating information on popular music and the people who create it, this volume is designed as a desk reference—to locate answers to specific questions and to direct library users to key resources. More than 400 comprehensive titles are carefully annotated, describing content, scope, and special features. The focus is on the musical styles that have developed measurable commercial success through recordings and live performance. Along with academic titles, many important titles from the popular press are included, as well as selected electronic resources. A necessary reference tool for any library, scholar, student, and popular music buff. The work covers bibliographies, indexes, discographies, dictionaries and encyclopedias, biographical resources, directories, almanacs, yearbooks, and guidebooks on styles that include jazz, swing, Tin Pan Alley, country, gospel, blues, rhythm and blues, soul, rockabilly, rock, heavy metal, musical theater, and film music. Its extensive appendices feature discographies and bibliographies of individual artists and ensembles. A detailed index combining authors, titles, and subjects makes cross-referencing easy. The entries are modeled after the immensely useful The Guide to Reference Books.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313387710
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
A guide to locating information on popular music and the people who create it, this volume is designed as a desk reference—to locate answers to specific questions and to direct library users to key resources. More than 400 comprehensive titles are carefully annotated, describing content, scope, and special features. The focus is on the musical styles that have developed measurable commercial success through recordings and live performance. Along with academic titles, many important titles from the popular press are included, as well as selected electronic resources. A necessary reference tool for any library, scholar, student, and popular music buff. The work covers bibliographies, indexes, discographies, dictionaries and encyclopedias, biographical resources, directories, almanacs, yearbooks, and guidebooks on styles that include jazz, swing, Tin Pan Alley, country, gospel, blues, rhythm and blues, soul, rockabilly, rock, heavy metal, musical theater, and film music. Its extensive appendices feature discographies and bibliographies of individual artists and ensembles. A detailed index combining authors, titles, and subjects makes cross-referencing easy. The entries are modeled after the immensely useful The Guide to Reference Books.