Recordings for An Introduction to America s Music

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 27 January 2022

• Author : Richard Crawford
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 01 March 2002

An Introduction to America's Music tells the fascinating story of music in the United States, from the sacred music of its earliest days to the jazz and rock that enliven the turn of the millennium. Beginning with the music of Native Americans and continuing with traditions introduced by European colonizers and Africans brought here as slaves, the book reveals how this bountiful heritage was developed and enhanced in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to produce the music we hear today.

• Author : Gilbert Chase
• Publisher : University of Illinois Press
• Release : 27 January 1992

A history of American music, its diversity, and the cultural influences that helped it develop.

• Author : Gerard Béhague
• Publisher : Prentice Hall
• Release : 27 January 1979

• Author : Ellen Koskoff
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 17 August 2005

Music Cultures in the United States is a basic textbook for an Introduction to American Music course. Taking a new, fresh approach to the study of American music, it is divided into three parts. In the first part, historical, social, and cultural issues are discussed, including how music history is studied; issues of musical and social identity; and institutions and processes affecting music in the U.S. The heart of the book is devoted to American musical cultures: American Indian;

• Author : Will Kaufman,Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson
• Publisher : ABC-CLIO
• Release : 27 January 2022

This comprehensive survey also traces how the Americas have in turn influenced contemporary Britain from the Americanization of language and politics to the impact of music and migration from the West Indies. Complete with an extensive introduction and a chronology of key events, this two-volume encyclopedia contains introductory essays focusing on the four prime areas of British Atlantic engagement-Canada, the Caribbean, the United States, and Latin America. Students of a wide range of disciplines, as well as the lay reader,

• Author : Jeff Todd Titon
• Publisher : Cengage Learning
• Release : 01 January 2016

The bestselling WORLDS OF MUSIC, now in its sixth edition, provides authoritative, accessible coverage of the world’s music cultures. Based on the authors’ fieldwork and expertise, this text presents in-depth explorations of several music cultures from around the world, with a new chapter on Native American music. The student-friendly, case-study approach and music-culture focus gives students a true sense of both the music and the culture that created it. Additionally, MindTap for WORLDS OF MUSIC includes a variety of

• Author : Carl Engel
• Publisher : London : Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer
• Release : 27 January 1866

• Author : Ryan Raul Bañagale
• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• Release : 01 October 2014

In Arranging Gershwin, author Ryan Bañagale approaches George Gershwin's iconic piece Rhapsody in Blue not as a composition but as an arrangement -- a status it has in many ways held since its inception in 1924, yet one unconsidered until now. Shifting emphasis away from the notion of the Rhapsody as a static work by a single composer, Bañagale posits a broad vision of the piece that acknowledges the efforts of a variety of collaborators who shaped the Rhapsody

• Author : Andrew Mead
• Publisher : Princeton University Press
• Release : 14 July 2014

In this celebration of Milton Babbitt's art, Andrew Mead explores the development of a central figure in contemporary American music. As a teacher and writer, Babbitt has influenced two generations of students, including such notable musicians as Stephen Sondheim and Donald Martino. He has helped establish the study of music theory as a serious academic pursuit, and his articles on Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and the twelve-tone system constitute a seminal body of research. But Babbitt is first and last a composer,

• Author : Patricia Caicedo
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• Release : 17 December 2018

This study of the Latin American art song and its development in the context of musical nationalism shows how the song is a mirror in which the processes of conformation to Latin American national identity are reflected.

• Author : Bob Blumenthal
• Publisher : Harper Perennial
• Release : 18 December 2007

An illustrated introductory resource to the full range of jazz culture provides detailed historical information and artist biographies, in a guide that includes coverage of key record labels and a dictionary of important terms. Original.

• Author : Philip Vandermeer
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 27 January 1991

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 27 January 1982

• Author : Steven N. Kelly
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 27 August 2015

Successful professional music teachers must not only be knowledgeable in conducting and performing, but also be socially and culturally aware of students, issues, and events that affect their classrooms. This book provides comprehensive overview of social and cultural themes directly related to music education, teacher training, and successful teacher characteristics. New topics in the second edition include the impact of Race to the Top, social justice, bullying, alternative schools, the influence of Common Core Standards, and the effects of teacher