The Cambridge History of American Music
- Editor: Nicholls, David
Enjoyable and non-technical, this fine volume has much to offer to all those interested in the highways and byways of the American musical landscape — More…
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Contents
- Notes on contributors
- Editor's preface
- Part I :
- 1. American Indian musics, past and present Victoria Lindsay Levine
- 2. Music in America: an overview (
- part 1 ) William Brooks
- 3. Secular music to 1800 Kate Van Winkle Keller with John Koegel
- 4. Sacred music to 1800 Nym Cooke
- 5. African-American music to 1900 Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje
- 6. Immigrant, folk and regional musics in the nineteenth century Michael Broyles
- 7. Nineteenth-century popular music Dale Cockrell
- 8. Art music from 1800 to 1860 Katherine K. Preston
- 9. Art music from 1860 to 1920 Michael Broyles
- Part II :
- 10. Music in America: an overview (
- part 2 ) William Brooks
- 11. Immigrant, folk and regional musics in the twentieth century Philip V. Bohlman
- 12. Popular song and popular music on stage and film Stephen Banfield
- 13. The rock and roll era Robert Walser
- 14. Ragtime and early jazz Jeffrey Magee
- 15. Jazz from 1930 to 1960 David Joyner
- 16. Jazz since 1960 Ronald Radano
- 17. Tonal traditions in art music from 1920 to 1960 Larry Starr
- 18. Serialism and complexity Stephen Peles
- 19. Avant-garde and experimental music David Nicholls
- 20. Tonal traditions in art music since 1960 Jonathan W. Bernard
- Bibliography and references
- Index.