Popular American Recording Pioneers
Subtitle: 1895-1925 (Haworth Popular Culture) (Haworth Popular Culture)
Publisher: Haworth Press; Routledge
Published: June 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9781560249931
Subjects: American history; World history; Music; Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal; Biography; Musicians; History; Music/Songbooks; History: World; The Americas; Composers & Musicians - General; History & Criticism - General; Bio-bibliography; Popular music; Americas (North Central South West Indies); United States; Dictionaries; History and criticism
First sentence: This book covers artists who long ago made records of music that was "popular" in nature, as opposed to records of operatic arias, symphonic works, or concert pieces.
Description: "Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895-1925 compiles rare information that was scattered in hundreds of record catalogs, hobbyist magazines, newspaper clippings, and phonograph trade journals. This volume is the ultimate resource on the subject!" "You'll learn about: the recording industry's formative years; artists' personalities and musical styles; popular music history; and early recording technology and techniques.".

"Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895-1925 provides a unique "who's who" approach to popular music history. It is the definitive work on the music that was popular during America's coming-of-age. No music historian should be without this volume."--BOOK JACKET.