American Popular Music / Edition 3

by David Lee Joyner

Overview

This text provides an overview of the four major areas of American contemporary music: jazz, rock, country, and musical theater. Each genre is approached chronologically with the emphasis on the socio-cultural aspects of the music. Readers will appreciate Joyner's engaging writing style and come away with the fundamental skills needed to listen critically to a variety of popular music styles.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780073526577
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	06/27/2008
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

	Listening Guides	vii
	Preface	viii
Part 1	Tin Pan Alley and the Theater	1
1	Tin Pan Alley and American Popular Song	3
2	American Musical Theater	19
Part 2	The African-American Tradition	35
3	African Origins and Acculturation in the New World	37
4	Early Commercialization of African-American Music	47
5	American Blues Traditions	57
6	Jazz in New Orleans and Chicago	69
7	Jazz Pioneers in Chicago	79
8	Big Bands and the Swing Years	91
9	Popular Styles in Jazz Since the Swing Era	105
Part 3	Country Music and the Anglo-American Tradition	119
10	The Folk Origins of Country Music	121
11	Early Commercialization of Country Music	131
12	Country Meets Western	143
13	Nashville Becomes Music City, U.S.A.	157
14	From Bluegrass to Young Country	169
Part 4	Rock and the Gathering of America's Music	185
15	The Origins and Development of Early Rock	187
16	Fifties Pop and Folk Rock	201
17	The British Invasion	213
18	Psychedelic Rock and Roots Revivalists	225
19	Gospel, Soul, and Motown	241
20	From Progressive Rock to Reggae in the Seventies	257
21	Hard and Soft Rock in the Seventies	271
22	New Heights and High Tech in the Eighties	289
23	Many Sounds from Many Places in the Nineties	307
	Photo Credits	1
	Index	1