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America's musical life : a history, Richard Crawford

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Extent
xvi, 976 pages
Note
Originally published: 2001
Contents
  • pt. 1. The first three centuries. The first song : Native American music
  • European inroads : early Christian music making
  • From ritual to art : the flowering of sacred music
  • "Old, simple Ditties" : Colonial song, dance, and home music making
  • Performing "By particular desire" : Colonial military, concert, and theater music
  • Maintaining oral traditions : African music in early America
  • Correcting "the harshness of our singing" : New England psalmody reformed
  • pt. 2. The nineteenth century. Edification and economics : the career of Lowell Mason
  • Singing praises : Southern and frontier devotional music
  • "Be it ever so humble" : theater and opera, 1800-1860
  • Blacks, whites, and the minstrel stage
  • Home music making and the publishing industry
  • From ramparts to romance : parlor songs, 1800-1865
  • Of Yankee Doodle and Ophicleides : bands and orchestras, 1800 to the 1870s
  • From church to concert hall : the rise of classical music
  • From log house to opera house : Anthony Philips Heinrich and William Henry Fry
  • A New Orleans original : Gottschalk of Louisiana
  • Two classic Bostonians : George W. Chadwick and Amy Beach
  • Edward MacDowell and musical nationalism
  • "Travel in the winds" : Native American music from 1820
  • "Make a noise!" : slave songs and other black music to the 1880s
  • Songs of the later nineteenth century
  • Stars, stripes and cylinders : Sousa, the band, and the phonograph
  • "After the ball" : the rise of the Tin Pan Alley
  • pt. 3. The twentieth century. "To stretch our ears" : the music of Charles Ives
  • "Come on and hear" : the early twentieth century
  • The jazz age dawns : blues, jazz and rhapsody
  • "The birthright of all of us" : classical music, the mass media, and the Depression
  • "All that is native and fine" : American folk song and its collectors
  • From New Orleans to Chicago : jazz goes national
  • "Crescendo in blue" : Ellington, Basie and the swing band
  • The golden age of the American musical
  • Classical music in the postwar years
  • "Rock around the clock" : the rise of rock and roll
  • Songs of loneliness and praise : postwar vernacular trends
  • Jazz, broadway, and musical permanence
  • Melting pot or pluralism? : popular music and ethnicity
  • From accessability to transcendence : the Beatles, rock, and popular music
  • Trouble girls, minimalists, and the gap : the 1960s to the 1980s
  • Black music and American identity
Isbn
9780393327267
Instance
Label
America's musical life : a history
Title
America's musical life
Title remainder
a history
Statement of responsibility
Richard Crawford
Title variation
Americas musical life
Title variation remainder
a history
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Subject
Language
eng
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Library Journal Best Books, 2001.
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228755
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1935-
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Crawford, Richard
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
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bibliography
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Music
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a history
Label
America's musical life : a history, Richard Crawford
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Publication
Copyright
Note
Originally published: 2001
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 897-923) and index
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volume
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Contents
pt. 1. The first three centuries. The first song : Native American music -- European inroads : early Christian music making -- From ritual to art : the flowering of sacred music -- "Old, simple Ditties" : Colonial song, dance, and home music making -- Performing "By particular desire" : Colonial military, concert, and theater music -- Maintaining oral traditions : African music in early America -- Correcting "the harshness of our singing" : New England psalmody reformed -- pt. 2. The nineteenth century. Edification and economics : the career of Lowell Mason -- Singing praises : Southern and frontier devotional music -- "Be it ever so humble" : theater and opera, 1800-1860 -- Blacks, whites, and the minstrel stage -- Home music making and the publishing industry -- From ramparts to romance : parlor songs, 1800-1865 -- Of Yankee Doodle and Ophicleides : bands and orchestras, 1800 to the 1870s -- From church to concert hall : the rise of classical music -- From log house to opera house : Anthony Philips Heinrich and William Henry Fry -- A New Orleans original : Gottschalk of Louisiana -- Two classic Bostonians : George W. Chadwick and Amy Beach -- Edward MacDowell and musical nationalism -- "Travel in the winds" : Native American music from 1820 -- "Make a noise!" : slave songs and other black music to the 1880s -- Songs of the later nineteenth century -- Stars, stripes and cylinders : Sousa, the band, and the phonograph -- "After the ball" : the rise of the Tin Pan Alley -- pt. 3. The twentieth century. "To stretch our ears" : the music of Charles Ives -- "Come on and hear" : the early twentieth century -- The jazz age dawns : blues, jazz and rhapsody -- "The birthright of all of us" : classical music, the mass media, and the Depression -- "All that is native and fine" : American folk song and its collectors -- From New Orleans to Chicago : jazz goes national -- "Crescendo in blue" : Ellington, Basie and the swing band -- The golden age of the American musical -- Classical music in the postwar years -- "Rock around the clock" : the rise of rock and roll -- Songs of loneliness and praise : postwar vernacular trends -- Jazz, broadway, and musical permanence -- Melting pot or pluralism? : popular music and ethnicity -- From accessability to transcendence : the Beatles, rock, and popular music -- Trouble girls, minimalists, and the gap : the 1960s to the 1980s -- Black music and American identity
Control code
605917
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xvi, 976 pages
Isbn
9780393327267
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(pbk.)
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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9780393327267
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits, facsimiles, music
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(Sirsi) i9780393327267
Label
America's musical life : a history, Richard Crawford
Publication
Copyright
Note
Originally published: 2001
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 897-923) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
pt. 1. The first three centuries. The first song : Native American music -- European inroads : early Christian music making -- From ritual to art : the flowering of sacred music -- "Old, simple Ditties" : Colonial song, dance, and home music making -- Performing "By particular desire" : Colonial military, concert, and theater music -- Maintaining oral traditions : African music in early America -- Correcting "the harshness of our singing" : New England psalmody reformed -- pt. 2. The nineteenth century. Edification and economics : the career of Lowell Mason -- Singing praises : Southern and frontier devotional music -- "Be it ever so humble" : theater and opera, 1800-1860 -- Blacks, whites, and the minstrel stage -- Home music making and the publishing industry -- From ramparts to romance : parlor songs, 1800-1865 -- Of Yankee Doodle and Ophicleides : bands and orchestras, 1800 to the 1870s -- From church to concert hall : the rise of classical music -- From log house to opera house : Anthony Philips Heinrich and William Henry Fry -- A New Orleans original : Gottschalk of Louisiana -- Two classic Bostonians : George W. Chadwick and Amy Beach -- Edward MacDowell and musical nationalism -- "Travel in the winds" : Native American music from 1820 -- "Make a noise!" : slave songs and other black music to the 1880s -- Songs of the later nineteenth century -- Stars, stripes and cylinders : Sousa, the band, and the phonograph -- "After the ball" : the rise of the Tin Pan Alley -- pt. 3. The twentieth century. "To stretch our ears" : the music of Charles Ives -- "Come on and hear" : the early twentieth century -- The jazz age dawns : blues, jazz and rhapsody -- "The birthright of all of us" : classical music, the mass media, and the Depression -- "All that is native and fine" : American folk song and its collectors -- From New Orleans to Chicago : jazz goes national -- "Crescendo in blue" : Ellington, Basie and the swing band -- The golden age of the American musical -- Classical music in the postwar years -- "Rock around the clock" : the rise of rock and roll -- Songs of loneliness and praise : postwar vernacular trends -- Jazz, broadway, and musical permanence -- Melting pot or pluralism? : popular music and ethnicity -- From accessability to transcendence : the Beatles, rock, and popular music -- Trouble girls, minimalists, and the gap : the 1960s to the 1980s -- Black music and American identity
Control code
605917
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xvi, 976 pages
Isbn
9780393327267
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
9780393327267
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits, facsimiles, music
System control number
(Sirsi) i9780393327267

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