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Music in the USA - A Documentary Companion (Hardcover)
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Music in the USA - A Documentary Companion (Hardcover)
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Music in the USA: A Documentary Companion charts a path through
American music and musical life using as guides the words of
composers, performers, writers and the rest of us ordinary folks
who sing, dance, and listen. The anthology of primary sources
contains about 160 selections from 1540 to 2000. Sometimes the
sources are classics in the literature around American music, for
example, the Preface to the Bay Psalm Book, excerpts from Slave
Songs of the United States, and Charles Ives extolling Emerson. But
many other selections offer uncommon sources, including a satirical
story about a Yankee music teacher; various columns from
19th-century German American newspapers; the memoirs of a
19th-century diva; Lottie Joplin remembering her husband Scott; a
little-known reflection of Copland about Stravinsky; an interview
with Muddy Waters from the Chicago Defender; a letter from Woody
Guthrie on the "spunkfire" attitude of a folk song; a press release
from the Country Music Association; and the Congressional testimony
around "Napster." "Sidebar" entries occasionally bring a topic or
an idea into the present, acknowledging the extent to which
revivals of many kinds of music play a role in American
contemporary culture. This book focuses on the connections between
theory and practice to enrich our understanding of the diversity of
American musical experiences. Designed especially to accompany
college courses which survey American music as a whole, the book is
also relevant to courses in American history and American Studies.
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