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More copies of this ISBNAmerican Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3by Larry Starr
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3, Second Edition, Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman examine popular music in the United States from its beginnings into the 21st century, offering a comprehensive look at the music, the cultural history of the times, and the connections between them. Using well-chosen examples, insightful commentaries, and an engaging writing style, this text traces the development of jazz, blues, country, rock, Motown, hip-hop, and other popular styles, highlighting the contributions of diverse groups to the creation of distinctly American styles. It combines an in-depth treatment of the music itself--including discussions of stylistic elements and analyses of musical examples--with solid coverage of the music's attendant historical, social, and cultural circumstances. The authors incorporate strong pedagogy including numerous boxed inserts on significant individuals, recordings, and intriguing topics; coverage of early American popular music; and a rich illustration program. Detailed listening charts explain the most important elements of recordings discussed at length in the text. The charts are complemented by two in-text audio CDs and--new to this edition--an iMix published at iTunes, which makes most of the songs immediately available to students and instructors.
Features of the Second Edition
* Integrates full color throughout * Provides more coverage of women artists, with new material on women in rock 'n' roll in Chapter 8 and a box on Queen Latifah in Chapter 14 * Reorganizes the discussion of post-1970s music: disco is now included with mainstream 70s pop, while hip-hop is treated in two chapters (12 and 14) in order to emphasize its significance and diversity * Adds new material on the recent alternative country music explosion * Includes new developments in music technology in the thoroughly revised concluding chapter * Offers revised and more vivid visual elements, including more than 100 new photos (most in full color) and an illustrated timeline * Provides redesigned listening guides, enhanced by an iMix published at iTunes (accessible at www.oup.com/us/popmusic) * Supplemented by a Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/popmusic (containing both student and instructor resources) and an Instructor's Manual and a Computerized Test Bank on CD * FREE with the purchase of this book: a 6-month subscription to Grove Music Online (www.grovemusic.com)--a $180 value
Remarkably accessible, American Popular Music, Second Edition, is ideal for courses in American Popular Music, the History of Popular Music, Popular Music in American Culture, and the History of Rock 'n' Roll. Its welcoming style and warm tone will captivate readers, encouraging them to become more critically aware listeners of popular music. Synopsis:The most complete, colorful, and authoritative package of its kind, American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3, Third Edition, examines popular music in the United States from its beginnings into the 21st century.
Highlighting the contributions of diverse groups, Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman trace the development of jazz, blues, country, rock, hip-hop, and other popular styles. They combine an in-depth treatment of the music itself--including discussions of stylistic elements and analyses of musical examples--with solid coverage of attendant historical, social, and cultural circumstances. NEW TO THE THIRD EDITION * Significantly expanded coverage of the Latin American stream of influence throughout, including Latin music in the big-band era, the mambo craze of the 1950s, bossa nova, and salsa * Thoroughly updated discussions of online distribution models, technology, and new trends in popular music * Exact timings included in the in-text listening guides to help students orient themselves as they use the two in-text audio CDs * New appendix--"Understanding Rhythm and Form"--illustrating the basic musical concepts of beat, tempo, rhythm, and form * A FREE six-month subscription to the Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Fourth Edition Online ($120.00 value!) Remarkably accessible and student-friendly, the third edition also offers: * Detailed in-text listening charts that explain the most important elements of recordings discussed at length in the text * Boxed inserts on significant individuals, recordings, and cultural issues, with an illustrated timeline at the back of the book * An iMix (published at iTunes) * An updated Companion Website (www.oup.com/us/popmusic) containing resources for both instructors (PowerPoint lecture slides, assignments and exercises, filmographies, and review/discussion questions) and students (chapter outlines, brief biographies, flashcards, and weblinks) * A free Instructor's Manual and Computerized Test Bank on CD About the AuthorLarry Starr is Professor of Music at the University of Washington. He is a respected scholar on the music of Ives, Gershwin, and Copland, as well as on popular music.
Christopher Waterman is Dean of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. An anthropologist specializing in the music of Africa and the Americas, he is also a bassist who has performed professionally in a wide variety of popular genres. Table of ContentsPreface to the Third Edition
1. THEMES AND STREAMS OF AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC Theme One: Listening Theme Two: Music and Identity Theme Three: Music and Technology Theme Four: The Music Business Theme Five: Centers and Peripheries Streams of Tradition: The Sources of Popular Music The European American Stream The African American Stream The Latin American Stream 2. "AFTER THE BALL": POPULAR MUSIC OF THE NINETEENTH AND EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURIES The Minstrel Show Dance Music and Brass Bands The Birth of Tin Pan Alley The Ragtime Craze, 1896-1918 The Rise of the Phonograph 3. "CATCHING AS THE SMALL-POX": SOCIAL DANCE AND JAZZ, 1917-1935 Technology and the Music Business "Freak Dances": Turkey Trot and Tango James Reese Europe and the Castles The Jazz Craze Jazz Becomes Popular Music: The Original Dixieland Jazz Band Dance Music in the "Jazz Age" "The King of Jazz" 4. "I GOT RHYTHM": THE GOLDEN AGE OF TIN PAN ALLEY SONG Tin Pan Alley Song Form What Were Tin Pan Alley Songs About? What Makes a Song a "Standard"? 5. "ST. LOUIS BLUES": RACE RECORDS AND HILLBILLY MUSIC Race Records Classic Blues The Country Blues Charley Patton and "Tom Rushen Blues" (1929) Blind Lemon Jefferson: The First Country Blues Star Robert Johnson: Standing at the Crossroad Early Country Music: Hillbilly Records Pioneers of Country Music: The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers Popular Music and the Great Depression 6. "IN THE MOOD": THE SWING ERA, 1935-1945 Swing Music and American Culture Benny Goodman: The King of Swing Big Band Blues: Basie, Ellington, and Miller Country Music in the Swing Era: Roy Acuff, Singing Cowboys, and Western Swing Latin Music in the Swing Era 7. "CHOO CHOO CH'BOOGIE": THE POSTWAR ERA, 1946-1954 Popular Music and Technology in the Postwar Era Rise of the Big Singers Urban Folk Music: The Weavers The Mambo Craze (1949-1955) Southern Music in the Postwar Era Rhythm and Blues Women in R&B: Ruth Brown and Big Mama Thornton Country and Western Music Hank Williams 8."ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK": ROCK 'N' ROLL, 1954-1959 Cover Versions and Early Rock 'n' Roll The Rock 'n' Roll Business Early Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the R&B Side Early Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the Country Side Wild, Wild Young Women: The Lady Vanishes Songwriters and Producers of Early Rock 'n' Roll 9. "GOOD VIBRATIONS": AMERICAN POP AND THE BRITISH INVASION, 1960s The Early 1960s: Dance Music and "Teenage Symphonies" Berry Gordy and Motown Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys The Beatles, the British Invasion, and the American Response The Latin Stream in 1960s Pop 10. "PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG": COUNTRY, SOUL, URBAN FOLK, AND THE RISE OF ROCK, 1960s Patsy Cline and the Nashville Sound Ray Charles and Soul Music James Brown and Aretha Franklin Urban Folk Music in the 1960s: Bob Dylan The Counterculture and Psychedelic Rock Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band San Francisco Rock: Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and the Grateful Dead Guitar Heroes: Hendrix and Clapton 11. THE 1970S: ROCK MUSIC, DISCO, AND THE POPULAR MAINSTREAM Country Music and the Pop Mainstream A 1970s Jukebox: Some Characteristic Sounds of the Decade Rock Comes of Age "Night Fever": The Rise of Disco 12. OUTSIDERS' MUSIC: PROGRESSIVE COUNTRY, REGGAE, PUNK, FUNK, AND RAP, 1970s The Outlaws: Progressive Country Music "I Shot the Sheriff": The Rise of Reggae The Rise of Salsa Music "Psycho Killer": 1970s Punk and New Wave "Tear the Roof off the Sucker": Funk Music "Rapper's Delight": The Origins of Hip-Hop 13. THE 1980s: DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, MTV, AND THE POPULAR MAINSTREAM Digital Technology and Popular Music A 1980s CD Changer A Tale of Three Albums "Baby I'm A Star": Prince, Madonna, and the Production of Celebrity 14. "SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT": HIP-HOP, "ALTERNATIVE" MUSIC, AND THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS Hip-Hop Breaks Out (1980s-1990s) Techno: Dance Music in the Digital Age Alternate Currents Women's Voices: Alternative Folk, Hip-Hop, and Country Globalization and the Rise of World Music 15. CONCLUSION Music and Identity Technology and the Music Business Centers and Peripheries Appendix: Illustrations of Key Music Terms Glossary Bibliography Timeline Credits Index CD Track List Preface to the Third Edition 1. Themes and Streams of American Popular Music Theme One: Listening Theme Two: Music and Identity Theme Three: Music and Technology Theme Four: The Music Business Theme Five: Centers and Peripheries Streams of Tradition: The Sources of Popular Music The European American Stream The African American Stream The Latin American Stream 2. "After the Ball": Popular Music of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries The Minstrel Show Dance Music and Brass Bands The Birth of Tin Pan Alley The Ragtime Craze, 1896-1918 The Rise of the Phonograph 3. "Catching as the Small-Pox": Social Dance and Jazz, 1917-1935 Technology and the Music Business "Freak Dances": Turkey Trot and Tango James Reese Europe and the Castles The Jazz Craze Jazz Becomes Popular Music: The Original Dixieland Jazz Band Dance Music in the "Jazz Age" "The King of Jazz" 4. "I Got Rhythm": The Golden Age of Tin Pan Alley Song Tin Pan Alley Song Form What Were Tin Pan Alley Songs About? What Makes a Song a "Standard"? 5. "St. Louis Blues": Race Records and Hillbilly Music Race Records Classic Blues The Country Blues Charley Patton and "Tom Rushen Blues" (1929) Blind Lemon Jefferson: The First Country Blues Star Robert Johnson: Standing at the Crossroad Early Country Music: Hillbilly Records Pioneers of Country Music: The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers Popular Music and the Great Depression 6. "In the Mood": The Swing Era, 1935-1945 Swing Music and American Culture Benny Goodman: The King of Swing Big Band Blues: Basie, Ellington, and Miller Country Music in the Swing Era: Roy Acuff, Singing Cowboys, and Western Swing Latin Music in the Swing Era 7. "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie": The Postwar Era, 1946-1954 Popular Music and Technology in the Postwar Era Rise of the Big Singers Urban Folk Music: The Weavers The Mambo Craze (1949-1955) Southern Music in the Postwar Era Rhythm and Blues Women in R&B: Ruth Brown and Big Mama Thornton Country and Western Music Hank Williams 8. "Rock Around the Clock": Rock 'n' Roll, 1954-1959 Cover Versions and Early Rock 'n' Roll The Rock 'n' Roll Business Early Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the R&B Side Early Rock 'n' Roll Stars on the Country Side Wild, Wild Young Women: The Lady Vanishes Songwriters and Producers of Early Rock 'n' Roll 9. "Good Vibrations": American Pop and the British Invasion, 1960s The Early 1960s: Dance Music and "Teenage Symphonies" Berry Gordy and Motown Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys The Beatles, the British Invasion, and the American Response The Latin Stream in 1960s Pop 10. "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag": Country, Soul, Urban Folk, and the Rise of Rock, 1960s Patsy Cline and the Nashville Sound Ray Charles and Soul Music James Brown and Aretha Franklin Urban Folk Music in the 1960s: Bob Dylan The Counterculture and Psychedelic Rock Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band San Francisco Rock: Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and the Grateful Dead Guitar Heroes: Hendrix and Clapton 11. The 1970s: Rock Music, Disco, and the Popular Mainstream Country Music and the Pop Mainstream A 1970s Jukebox: Some Characteristic Sounds of the Decade Rock Comes of Age "Night Fever": The Rise of Disco 12. Outsiders' Music: Progressive Country, Reggae, Punk, Funk, and Rap, 1970s The Outlaws: Progressive Country Music "I Shot the Sheriff": The Rise of Reggae The Rise of Salsa Music "Psycho Killer": 1970s Punk and New Wave "Tear the Roof off the Sucker": Funk Music "Rapper's Delight": The Origins of Hip-Hop 13. The 1980s: Digital Technology, MTV, and the Popular Mainstream Digital Technology and Popular Music A 1980s CD Changer A Tale of Three Albums "Baby I'm A Star": Prince, Madonna, and the Production of Celebrity 14. "Smells Like Teen Spirit": Hip-Hop, "Alternative" Music, and the Entertainment Business Hip-Hop Breaks Out (1980s-1990s) Techno: Dance Music in the Digital Age Alternate Currents Women's Voices: Alternative Folk, Hip-Hop, and Country Globalization and the Rise of World Music 15. Conclusion Music and Identity Technology and the Music Business Centers and Peripheries Appendix: Illustrations of Key Music Terms Glossary Bibliography Timeline Credits Index CD Track List What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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