The American Musical Landscape: The Business of Musicianship from Billings to Gershwin, Updated With a New Preface
- ISBN-10
- 0520224825
- ISBN-13
- 9780520224827
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 381
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-06-30
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- Richard Crawford
Description
"This book reflects a breakthrough in American music studies, an unrecognized field among traditional musicologists until the past few decades, during which enormous progress has been made in documenting three centuries of American musical activities and figures. Time and effort had to be expended exclusively on the development of basic historical studies. The time has come for a new phase, one that can take a creative, interpretive approach. Professor Crawford's study will introduce this higher level of scholarship into the field of American music studies."—Vivian Perlis, author of Charles Ives Remembered "A major statement by a senior scholar on what American musicology is all about. . . These themes are also topical; they come at a time when much more research is being done in American music, but little thought is being given to the big picture, the vision, the philosophy, and the implications of historical research. Now is the time for a synthesis, and there are few scholars better equipped to do that in American music than Richard Crawford."—Michael Broyles, author of Music of the Highest Class
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 1993-10-15
- 400 pages
- Ebook
- Univ of California Press
Similar books
-
America's musical landscape
By Jean Ferris"In this book America's Musical Landscape, 9e, basic musical terms and concepts is introduced using selected examples of outstanding American music"--
-
America's Musical Landscape
By Jean FerrisFrequent connections to other arts, particularly to the visual arts, add to the book’s appeal and enhance understanding of core musical concepts. The text offers an elegant and readable introduction to the fundamentals of music.
-
America's Musical Landscape
By Jean FerrisThis text addresses the broad range of music in the United States from early periods to today, presenting this rich tapestry of sound in its historical and cultural context. Its...
-
“This Is America”: Race, Gender, and Politics in America’s Musical Landscape
By Katie RiosIn “This is America,” Katie Rios considers current American artists who build encoded gestures of resistance into their works.
-
GEN CMB AMER MUS LNDSP; CD
By Jean FerrisFrequent connections to other arts, particularly to the visual arts, add to the book’s appeal and enhance understanding of core musical concepts. The text offers an elegant and readable introduction to the fundamentals of music.
-
The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History
By Scott DeVeauxWilliam Bruce Cameron's study " Sociological Notes on the Jam Session " puts an academic sanction on the antagonism of jazz and commercial music and the importance of jam sessions as a refuge for marginalized jazz musicians .
-
America's Musical Life: A History
By Richard Crawford503 , 506 , 511 , 514 , 518–19 , 521 , 523 Jaffe , Moe , and Nat Bonx , Collegiate . Words and Music by Moe Jaffe and Nat Bonx . Copyright © 1925 Shapiro , Bernstein & Co. , Inc. , New York . Copyright Renewed .
-
This Is America: Race, Gender, and Politics in America's Musical Landscape
By Katie RiosIn "This is America," Katie Rios considers current American artists who build encoded gestures of resistance into their works.
-
Orpheus in Manhattan: William Schuman and the Shaping of America's Musical Life
By Steve Swayne... Helen DuBois (Edward Wardwell); Abby Lester, Sarah Lawrence College (Constance Warren); Michael Webster; Jonathan M. Weisgall (Hugo and Natalie Weisgall); Richard Wilbur; Harriet Koch (G. Wallace Woodworth); Robert Birman, ...
-
Rocket Man: The Life of Elton John
By Mark BegoHere’s the book every pop music lover has been waiting for—full of the scandals, addictions, affairs and tantrums that underscored the life of arguably the world’s greatest pop musician.