Music in the USA [[electronic resource] ] : a documentary companion / / Judith Tick editor with Paul Beaudoin assistant editor

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (920 p.)
• Disciplina: 780.973
• Soggetto topico: Music - United States - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: TickJudith BeaudoinPaul E. <1960->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1540–1770; 1770–1830; 1830–1880; 1880–1920; 1920–1950; 1950–1975; 1975–2000; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Music in the USA: A Documentary Companion charts a path through American music and musical life using as guides the words of composers, performers, writers and the rest of us ordinary folks who sing, dance, and listen. The anthology of primary sources contains about 160 selections from 1540 to 2000. Sometimes the sources are classics in the literature around American music, for example, the Preface to the Bay Psalm Book, excerpts from Slave Songs of the United States, and Charles Ives extolling Emerson. But many other selections offer uncommon sources, including a satirical story about a Yanke
• Titolo autorizzato: Music in the USA
• ISBN: 1-281-86822-1; 9786611868222; 0-19-803203-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453717503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II