Synopses & Reviews
This refreshingly current, best-selling text provides a highly readable, chronological examination of the roots and history of American popular music, from 1840 to the present. The focus is on the development of style-oriented listening skills; 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. This refreshingly current, best-selling text provides a highly readable, chronological examination of American popular music's roots and history, from 1840 to the present. The focus is on basic music fundamentals as well as the elements of each style; the heritage and diversity of popular music; the underlying kinship among its many styles; and different styles' movement from "outsider" to "mainstream" status. The text's opening chapter introduces students to the elements of popular music through two familiar musical examples. The text is available with an exclusive, high-quality 3-CD set that contains a variety of recordings from the early twentieth century to the present. Each selection discussed in depth in the text is available on the CD set. When packaged with the text, the CDs are available at a substantial discount.
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"Clearly written with many well-chosen musical examples."
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"Clarity of presentation. I surveyed my students today asking this very question and almost without exception students say the format of the text is its greatest strength. Additionally, it is difficult for many faculty members to have access to the range of examples needed to teach a popular music course, the CDs ... are a life saver when having to track down appropriate examples."
Synopsis
Enhance your understanding of popular music with POPULAR MUSIC IN AMERICA: AND THE BEAT GOES ON! This fascinating music text provides a chronological examination of the roots and history of American popular music from 1840 to the present. Throughout the text, you are asked to relate music to other music, music to words, and music to cultural context in order to further develop and apply your active listening skills. Learning is made easy with the book-specific website that contains an active listening guide, tutorials, and more. You will complete the text with a comprehensive understanding of popular music: where it came from, how it evolved, how styles interrelate, and how patterns of influence helped shape it over the years.
Synopsis
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.
About the Author
Michael Campbell is a writer and pianist. A California native, he is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Amherst College and holds a doctorate from Peabody Conservatory, where he studied piano with Leon Fleisher. As a commercial musician, he has assisted such artists as Angela Lansbury, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Bob Hope, Redd Foxx, Ethel Merman, and Don McLean. As a concert pianist, he has performed a broad range of repertoire, including his own transcriptions of recordings by Art Tatum, Jelly Roll Morton, and other legendary jazz pianists. He has presented papers on Cole Porter, the evolution of popular music, and the search for the first rock-and-roll record and has contributed articles on Cole Porter and Harold Arlen for a forthcoming book on popular song. Campbell is the author of two music texts--POPULAR MUSIC IN AMERICA: THE BEAT GOES ON and ROCK AND ROLL: AN INTRODUCTION, coauthored by James Brody. For many years, Campbell taught at Western Illinois University. He now lives in Rhode Island, where he devotes his time to conducting research, writing, and teaching online courses.
Table of Contents
1. THE ELEMENTS AND IDENTITY OF POPULAR MUSIC. Listening Guide: "Standing Around Crying," Muddy Waters; performed by Muddy Waters (Waters Electric Blues). Listening Guide: "Maybellene," Chuck Berry; performed by Chuck Berry (Early Rock and Roll). 2. POPULAR MUSIC IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Listening Guide: "Old Joe Clark," traditional, performed by Ben Jarrell (Breakdown). Listening Guide: "De Boatmen's Dance," Dan Emmett; performed by Robert Winans (Minstrel Show Song). Listening Guide: "Old Folks at Home," Stephen Foster; performed by Richard Lalli (Plantation Song). Listening Guide: "Take Me out to the Ball Game," music by Albert von Tilzer, lyrics by Jack Norworth; performed by Harvey Hindermeyer (Waltz Song). 3. THE EMERGENCE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC. Listening Guide: "Maple Leaf Rag," Scott Joplin; performed by Scott Joplin (Piano Rag). Listening Guide: "Hell Hound on My Trail," Robert Johnson; performed by Robert Johnson (Country Blues). Listening Guide: "Empty Bed Blues," Bessie Smith; performed by Bessie Smith (Classic Blues). Listening Guide: "Dippermouth Blues," King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band; performed by King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band (New Orleans Jazz). 4. THE MODERN ERA IN POPULAR MUSIC. Listening Guide: "Charleston," James P. Johnson; performed by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (1920s Fox Trot). Listening Guide: "Sunday," Clifford Gray and J. Fred Coots; performed by Jean Goldkette Orchestra (1920s Popular Song). Listening Guide: "Rhapsody in Blue", George Gershwin; performed by George Gershwin and Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (Symphonic Jazz). Listening Guide: "West End Blues," Louis Armstrong; performed by Louis Armstrong's Hot Five (Jazz as Art). Listening Guide: "After You've Gone," Henry Creamer and Turner Layton; performed by Bing Crosby and Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra (Modern Popular Song). 5. SWING AND SWEET. Listening Guide: "Cheek to Cheek," Irving Berlin; performed by Fred Astaire (1930s Popular Song). Listening Guide: "Wrappin' It Up," Fletcher Henderson; performed by Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra (Big Band Swing). Listening Guide: "Chattanooga Choo Choo," Glenn Miller; performed by Glen Miller and His Band with Tex Beneke and The Modernaires (Swing). Listening Guide: "Heart and Soul," Frank Loesser and Hoagy Carmichael; performed by Connee Boswell (Sweet/Romantic Ballad). Listening Guide: "All of Me," Seymour Simons and Gerald Marks; performed by Billie Holiday (Jazz/Blues Song). Listening Guide: "Ko-ko," Edward "Duke" Ellington; performed by Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (Swing-Era Jazz). Listening Guide: "Taking A Chance on Love," Vernon Duke; performed by Tony Bennett (Song Interpretation). 6. MUSICAL THEATER. Listening Guide: "Yankee Doodle Boy," George M. Cohan; performed by Richard Perry (Musical Comedy). Listening Guide: "Ol' Man River," Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II; performed by Paul Robeson (Musical Theater Solo). Listening Guide: "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'," Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II; performed by Gordon MacRae (Musical Theater Solo). Listening Guide: "Cool," lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, music by Leonard Bernstein (Musical Theater Ensemble). Listening Guide: "Another Hundred People," Stephen Sondheim (Rock-Era Musical Theater). 7. COUNTRY AND FOLK MUSIC, 1920-1955. Listening Guide: "The Prisoner's Song," traditional; performed by Vernon Dalhart (Early Country Song). Listening Guide: "Blue Yodel No. 11," traditional; performed by Jimmie Rodgers (Country Song). Listening Guide: "Steel Guitar Rag," Bob Wills; performed by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys (Western Swing). Listening Guide: "Do-Re-Mi," Woody Guthrie; performed by Woody Guthrie (Folk Song). Listening Guide: "It's Mighty Dark to Travel," Bill Monroe; performed by Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys (Bluegrass). Listening Guide: "Your Cheatin' Heart," Hank Williams; performed by Hank Williams (Honky-Tonk). Listening Guide: "This Land is Your Land," Woody Guthrie; performed by The Weavers (Popular Folk Song). 8. LATIN MUSIC IN THE UNITED STATES. Listening Guide: "El Manisero" ("The Peanut Vendor"), Don Azpiazu; performed by Don Azpiazu and His Havana Casino Orchestra (Rumba). Listening Guide: "Begin the Beguine," Cole Porter; performed by Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra (Beguine). Listening Guide: "Complicacion," Tito Puente; performed by Tito Puente and His Band (Mambo). Listening Guide: "The Girl from Ipanema," Antonio Carlos Jobim; performed by João Gilberto, Stan Getz, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Astrud Gilberto (Bossa Nova). Listening Guide: "Oblivion," Astor Piazzolla; performed by Astor Piazzolla (Tango). Listening Guide: "En el Cielo no Hay Cerveza" Flaco Jimenez; performed by Flaco Jimenez (Tejano Music). 9. RHYTHM AND BLUES AND ROCK 'N' ROLL, 1945-1960. Listening Guide: "Choo-Choo-Ch-Boogie," Louis Jordan; performed by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Jump Band Music). Listening Guide: "Roll 'Em, Pete," Joe Turner and Pete Johnson; performed by Joe Turner and Pete Johnson (Boogie Woogie). Listening Guide: "Rock Around The Clock," Bill Haley; performed by Bill Haley and His Comets (Rockabilly). Listening Guide: "Johnny B. Goode," Chuck Berry' performed by Chuck Berry (Rock 'n' Roll). Listening Guide: "Not Fade Away," Buddy Holly; performed by Buddy Holly and the Crickets (Second Generation Rock 'n' Roll). Listening Guide: "Bo Diddley," Bo Diddley; performed by Bo Diddley (Latin-Tinged Rhythm and Blues). Listening Guide: "I Only Have Eyes For You," Al Dubin and Harry Warren; performed by The Flamingos (Doo-Wop). Listening Guide: "Charlie Brown," The Coasters; performed by The Coasters (1950s Rhythm and Blues). Listening Guide: "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow," Carole King and Gerry Goffin; performed by The Shirelles (1960s Girl Group). 10. THE ROCK REVOLUTION: ROCK AND SOUL IN THE 1960s. Listening Guide: "Pretty Woman," Roy Orbison; performed by Roy Orbison (1960s Rock Song). Listening Guide: "Subterranean Homesick Blues," Bob Dylan; performed by Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan). Listening Guide: "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield; performed by Marvin Gaye (Motown Sound). Listening Guide: "I Saw Her Standing There," The Beatles; performed by Rain (Early 1960s Rock). Listening Guide: "Get Back," The Beatles; performed by Rain (Later 1960s Rock). Listening Guide: "Cold Sweat" excerpt, James Brown and Albert Ellis; performed by James Brown and His Orchestra (Soul). Listening Guide: "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)," Sylvester Stewart; performed by Sly and the Family Stone (Proto-Funk). Listening Guide: "The Look of Love," Burt Bacharach and Hal David; performed by Dusty Springfield (1960s Pop-Rock). 11. ROCK AND RHYTHM AND BLUES IN THE 1970s. Listening Guide: "Where Is the Love," Ralph McDonald and William Salter; performed by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway (Sweet Soul). 12. COUNTERPOINT: NEW TRENDS OF THE LATE 1970s. Listening Guide: "The Harder They Come," Jimmy Cliff; performed by Jimmy Cliff (Reggae). Listening Guide: "Tear the Roof off the Sucker (Give up the Funk)," George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, and Jerome Brailey; performed by Parliament (Funk). Listening Guide: "Shining Star," Maurice White, Philip Bailey, and Larry Dunn; performed by Earth, Wind and Fire (Funk Pop). Listening Guide: "Y.M.C.A.," Jacques Morali, Henri Belolo, and Victor Willis; performed by The Village People (Disco). 13. COUNTRY AND BEYOND: THE ROOTS AND FRUITS OF FOLK MUSIC. Listening Guide: "Okie from Muskogee," Merle Haggard; performed by Merle Haggard (1970s Country). Listening Guide: "He Stopped Loving Her Today," Billy Braddock and Claude Putnam; performed by George Jones (1970s Country Ballad). Listening Guide: "Duke and Cookie," performed by Strength in Numbers (Newgrass). Listening Guide: "Boil the Breakfast Early" traditional; performed by The Chieftains (Celtic Music). Listening Guide: "Zydeco Gris-Gris," traditional; performed by Beausoleil (Cajun Music). 14. ROCK AND BLACK MUSIC SINCE 1980. Listening Guide: "Nude Photo," Derrick May; performed by Rhythim Is Rhythim (Electronica). Listening Guide: "1 Million Bottlebags," Ridenhour, Robertz, G Wiz, and Depper; performed by Chuck D and Public Enemy (Rap). Listening Guide: "Don't Want to Be a Fool," Luther Vandross and Marcus Miller; performed by Luther Vandross (1990s Black Pop). Listening Guide: "Itche Koutche," Angelique Kidjo and Branford Marsalis; performed by Angelique Kidjo and Branford Marsalis (World Music). Listening Guide: "Yarum Praise Song"/"Niles," Fra Fra Tribesmen/Cornelius Claudio Kreusch; performed by Fra Fra Tribesmen/Blackmudsound (World Music Fusion).