Listen to the Blues! - Exploring a Musical Genre (Hardcover)

Listen to the Blues! Exploring A Musical Genre provides an overview of this distinctly American musical genre for fans of the blues and curious readers alike, with a focus on 50 must-hear artists, albums, and subgenres. Unlike other books on the blues, which tend to focus on musician biographies, Listen to the Blues! devotes time to the compositions, recordings, and musical legacies of blues musicians from the early 20th century to the present. Although the author references musical structure, harmony, form, and other musical concepts, the volume avoids technical language; therefore, it is a volume that should be of interest to the casual blues fan, to students of blues music and its history, and to more serious blues fans. The chapters on the impact of the blues on popular culture and the legacy of the blues also put the genre in a broader historical context than what is found in many books on the blues. The book opens with a background chapter that provides an overview of the history and structure of blues music. A substantial, encyclopedic chapter that focuses on 50 must-hear blues musicians follows, as does a chapter that explores the impact on popular culture of blues music and musicians and a chapter that focuses on the legacy of the genre. A bibliography rounds out the work. Provides a well-rounded view of the blues genre in the 50 "must-hear" examples, some of which might not be expected Goes well beyond the typical biographically based books on the blues in the chapters on the impact of the blues on popular culture and the legacy of the genre Places the genre in the context of the wider narrative of African American life, and as an extension of African rhetorical traditions

General

Imprint:	Greenwood Publishing Group
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Exploring Musical Genres
Release date:	February 2019
Authors:	James E. Perone
Dimensions:	163 x 242 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	238
ISBN-13:	978-1-4408-6614-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Blues Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Blues Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4408-6614-7
Barcode:	9781440866142

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