The Cambridge history of American music /
edited by David Nicholls.
- Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY: Cambridge University press, 1998.
- xv, 637 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge history of music .
Its aims are to represent the realities of America's music history and to reflect its diversity.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 567-609) and index.
1. American Indian musics, past and present - - 2. Music in America : an overview (part 1) - - 3. Secular music to 1800 - - 4. Sacred music to 1800 - - 5. African American music to 1900 - - 6. Immigrant, folk, and regional musics in the nineteenth century - - 7. Nineteenth-century popular music - - 8. Art music from 1800 to 1860 - - 9. Art music from 1860 to 1920 - - 10. Music in America : an overview (part 2) - - 11. Immigrant, folk, and regional musics in the twentieth century - - 12. Popular songs and popular music on stage and film - - 13. The rock and roll era - - 14. Ragtime and early jazz - - 15. Jazz from 1930 to 1960 - - 16. Jazz since 1960 - - 17. Tonal traditions in art music from 1920 to 1960 - - 18. Serialism and complexity - - 19. Avant-garde and experimental music - - 20. Tonal traditions in art music since 1960.
0521454298 (hardback)
Music--History and criticism--United States
ML200 / .C36 1998
Its aims are to represent the realities of America's music history and to reflect its diversity.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 567-609) and index.
1. American Indian musics, past and present - - 2. Music in America : an overview (part 1) - - 3. Secular music to 1800 - - 4. Sacred music to 1800 - - 5. African American music to 1900 - - 6. Immigrant, folk, and regional musics in the nineteenth century - - 7. Nineteenth-century popular music - - 8. Art music from 1800 to 1860 - - 9. Art music from 1860 to 1920 - - 10. Music in America : an overview (part 2) - - 11. Immigrant, folk, and regional musics in the twentieth century - - 12. Popular songs and popular music on stage and film - - 13. The rock and roll era - - 14. Ragtime and early jazz - - 15. Jazz from 1930 to 1960 - - 16. Jazz since 1960 - - 17. Tonal traditions in art music from 1920 to 1960 - - 18. Serialism and complexity - - 19. Avant-garde and experimental music - - 20. Tonal traditions in art music since 1960.
0521454298 (hardback)
Music--History and criticism--United States
ML200 / .C36 1998
