America's Musical Life by Richard Crawford
A History
A comprehensive history of music in the United States, tracing how sacred, folk, popular, and classical traditions evolved from the colonial era to the late twentieth century through cross-cultural exchange, migration, and technological change. It highlights the interplay of communities and creators across psalmody and shape-note singing, minstrelsy, spirituals, blues, ragtime, jazz, country, Tin Pan Alley, band music, musical theater, and concert music, showing how institutions, publishing, recording, radio, and film shaped sounds and audiences. Emphasizing the roles of race, religion, and regional identity, it portrays a diverse, often contested musical landscape that both reflects and forges national identity.
- Published
- 2001
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 992-1008
- Original Language
- English
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