Music in the New World / Charles Hamm.

Author/creator Hamm, Charles
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Norton, ©1983.
Descriptionxiv, 722 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The music of the Native American -- Psalms, hymns and spiritual songs in the colonies -- Anglo-American music in oral tradition -- Concert and operatic music in colonial and federal America -- The African slave and his music in America -- William Billings and Lowell Mason: birth and reform -- The origins and beginnings of American popular song -- The dawning of classical music in America (1825-65) -- Stephen Foster and indigenous American song -- Shape-note, camp-meeting, and gospel hymnody -- Marching and dancing through nineteenth-century America -- The rise of classical composition in America: the years after the Civil war -- The music of Tin Pan Alley -- Soulful singing and syncopated dance music; or the roots of jazz -- The search for a national identity -- Diamonds in the rough - hillbilly and country-western music -- The golden age of jazz -- The second wave and its impact on American composition -- The American avant-garde -- The age of rock.
Abstract This book is both a history of music in America and a history of American music.
Local noteLittle-239712 - $15.88
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 659-692), discography (pages 695-706), and index.
LCCN 82006481
ISBN0393951936

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML200.H17 M8 1983 ✔ Available Place Hold