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The rise and fall of popular music
- Title
- The rise and fall of popular music / Donald Clarke.
- Author
- Clarke, Donald, 1940-
- Publication
- New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, 1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | ML3470 .C59 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xv, 620 pages; 24 cm
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. The Origins of Popular Music -- 2. Minstrelsy, and the War between the States -- 3. The Rise of Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley -- 4. The Ragtime Era and the Coon Shouters -- 5. The Early Years of Jazz -- 6. Broadway and the Golden Age of Songwriting -- 7. The Jazz Age, the Great Depression and New Markets: Race and Hillbilly Music -- 8. Big Band Jazz -- 9. The Swing Era Begins -- 10. Small-group Jazz, the Jukebox and the New Independent Labels -- 11. The 1940s: War and Other Calamities -- 12. The Early 1950s: Frustration and Confusion -- 13. Music for Grown-ups -- 14. Rock'n'roll; or, Black Music to the Rescue (Again) -- 15. The Abdication of a Generation -- 16. A Last Gasp of Innocence -- 17. The 1960s: A Folk Boom, a British Invasion, the Soul Years and the Legacy of an Era -- 18. The Heat Death of Pop Music -- 19. Black Music: Everybody's Still Doing It.
- ISBN
- 0312115733
- LCCN
- 94036824
- OCLC
- 31207424
- ocm31207424
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries