American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3
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Author Description
Explore the rich terrain of American popular music with the most complete, colorful, and authoritative introduction of its kind. In the fourth edition of their bestselling text, American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3, Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman provide a unique combination of cultural and social history with the analytical study of musical styles. This new edition traces the development of jazz, blues, country, rock, hip-hop, and other popular genres from their multicultural roots to the digital world of the twenty-first century.Purchase a NEW, shrink-wrapped copy of American Popular Music, and receive 60 featured musical selections from the text in MP3 format at no additional cost! MP3 download requires access code shrink-wrapped with all new copies of the text. Good for one use. Code will be void if used.
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This text investigates the evolution of American popular music by examining the intersection of cultural history and musical analysis. Authors Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman utilize their academic expertise to provide a comprehensive framework that connects the social conditions of the United States to the development of various musical genres. The book argues that popular music is a reflection of the multicultural influences that have shaped the American identity from the era of minstrelsy to the modern digital age.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Historical analysis of genres including jazz, blues, country, rock, and hip-hop
- Examination of the transition from early performance styles to digital distribution
- Integration of cultural and social history with technical musical analysis
- Curated musical selections provided for auditory study and stylistic comparison
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts and educators frequently cite this work as a foundational text for understanding the sociological and technical development of American music. Readers often note the academic density of the prose, which balances historical context with detailed stylistic breakdowns of major musical movements.
Page Count:
598
Publication Date:
2013-07-19
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0199859116
ISBN-13:
9780199859115
Music
History
Non-Fiction
Music theory
Popular music
