North American popular music
By: Glenn Appell, David Hemphill, Matt Vander Woude
Contributors: Hemphill, David, 1949-; Vander Woude, Matthew, 1953-
Edition: 1st Canadian ed.
Publisher: Nelson Education
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9780176441265
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Popular music; Textbooks; History and criticism; Musique populaire; Manuels scolaires; Histoire et critique
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Close listening and popular music appreciation -- -- Section 1: Popular music and the music industry.; title: Musical theatre, parlour songs, and brass bands ;; title: Tin Pan Alley and the golden age of popular song ;; title: The Broadway musical ;; title: Tin Pan Alley in the era of Rock and Roll ;; title: Tin Pan Alley and the singer-songwriter ;; title: Gospel sounds and popular music ;; title: Tin Pan Alley in the era of music television -- -- Section 2: The Blues continuum.; title: African origins, slavery, and slave culture ;; title: Emancipation, Blues origins, and history ;; title: R & B and the rise of Rock and Roll ;; title: Trans-Atlantic Blues revival -- -- Section 3: Folk ballad legacies.; title: Folk origins and early influences ;; title: The emergence of Hillbilly music ;; title: The growth of Country and Western ;; title: Country sounds and city styles ;; title: Country music in the era of Rock ;; title: The folk music revival and the birth of Folk-Rock ;; title: The counterculture and Psychedelic Rock -- -- Section 4: Art Rock, Punk, Electrinica, and Hip-hop.; title: Art Rock, Punk, and their descendents ;; title: Electronica and Hip-Hop.