Pop Music USA

by Anderson, Simon V.

• ISBN13: 9780536004932
• ISBN10: 0536004935
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Ginn Pr

Table of Contents

Part I---A New Point of View
The Aesthetics of Music	1	(5)
Utility to Recreation to Storage---Folk to Pop to Art	6	(7)
Part II---The Early Years
Colonial Times	13	(4)
European American Traditions	17	(4)
African American Traditions	21	(7)
Part III---A Pop Music Profession
The Concert Circuit	28	(4)
Tin Pan Alley	32	(8)
Popular Song Types and Forms	40	(7)
Early Musical Comedy	47	(10)
The Blues	57	(8)
Ragtime and Stride Piano	65	(7)
Early Country Music	72	(6)
The Age of Dixieland	78	(9)
Part IV---A Pop Music Industry
The Big Bands	87	(16)
The Musical Stage	103	(9)
The Film Musical	112	(14)
The Western Influence in Country Music	126	(11)
Ownership and Control	137	(6)
Popular Music Goes to World War II	143	(6)
The Golden Days of Traditional Pop Singing	149	(14)
Rhythm and Blues	163	(18)
Country Music Moves Uptown	181	(15)
The Bebop Revolution	196	(8)
Funk and Free Form Jazz	204	(2)
The Birth of Rock and Roll	206	(10)
The Expansion and Mutation of Rock and Roll	216	(12)
More Expansion and Mutation	228	(14)
The British Invasion	242	(12)
Acid Rock	254	(8)
Part V---Global Megabusiness
Heavy Metal	262	(17)
The Fusion of Jazz and Rock	279	(5)
New Age	284	(3)
Disco	287	(3)
Reggae	290	(6)
Salsa	296	(5)
Rap	301	(7)
MTV	308	(4)
Appendix Who Owns It All Today	312	(5)
Bibliography	317	(4)
Epilogue	321	(2)
Index	323