The Cambridge History of American Music (The Cambridge History of Music) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521545544 ISBN 13: 9780521545549

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

A definitive history of music in the United States, written by a team of scholars.

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Review:

'Unlike European musical history, the terra incognita of American music for non-specialists is the pre-modern era. The first half of The Cambridge History of American Music covers all aspects of this period and is worth the price of the whole.' The Times Literary Supplement

'Enjoyable and non-technical, this fine volume has much to offer to all those interested in the highways and byways of the American musical landscape.' BBC Music Magazine

'... copes with its subject's pluralism by employing many authorities, collated under a general editor, David Nicholls, whose approach is as far-sighted as it is intelligent.' Tempo

'The generally high quality of the essays as well as the admirable and unexpected liveliness of the book as a whole shows the virtue of Nicholls's approach.' Journal of the American Musicological Society

Book Description:

This 1998 book was the first study of music in the United States to be written by a team of scholars. It surveys music of Native Americans, musical life until 1900, film and stage music, jazz, rock, and regional musics. The volume includes twentieth-century art music, and the experimental and tonal traditions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0521545544
• ISBN 13: 9780521545549
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 654
• Editor: Nicholls David