Struggling to define a nation : American music and the twentieth century

Struggling to define a nation : American music and the twentieth century / Charles Hiroshi Garrett.

Identifying music as a vital site of cultural debate, this book captures the dynamic, contested nature of musical life in the United States. It examines an array of genres - including art music, jazz, popular song, ragtime, and Hawaiian music - and well-known musicians, such as Charles Ives, Jelly R...

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Main Author: Garrett, Charles Hiroshi, 1966- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008.
Series:Roth Family Foundation book on music in America imprint.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Music > United States > 20th century > History and criticism.
Nationalism in music.
MUSIC > History & Criticism.
MUSIC > General.
Music
Nationalism in music
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:Identifying music as a vital site of cultural debate, this book captures the dynamic, contested nature of musical life in the United States. It examines an array of genres - including art music, jazz, popular song, ragtime, and Hawaiian music - and well-known musicians, such as Charles Ives, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and Irving Berlin.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 291 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-276) and index.
ISBN:9780520942820
0520942825
0520254872
0520254864
9780520254862
9780520254879
1282360833
9781282360839
9786612360831
6612360836
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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