This site is a service of the Indiana University Music Library and is a good jump off for classical and popular music. It includes an index of academic, non-academic, and various other resources. This not for profit center provides resources for contemporary music, including links to other music indices, news groups, and arts organizations. The Four Components of a Music-Culture Adapted from J. Titon, ed. Material culture of music Music is a fluid, dynamic element of a culture, and it changes to suit that culture's expressive and emotional needs.
Music is an especially human adaptation to human needs.
We will study several music-cultures in American society in order to understand better the relationship of the four components above to the sound of the music. It should provide a guide for the choice of a research project. Kingman , Chap. 2 and 6, Tapes 3 and 4. American Musical Theater and Tin Pan Alley.