Origins of the Popular Style - The Antecedents of Twentieth-Century Popular Music (Paperback, Revised)

Here, for the first time, is a book which analyses popular music from a musical, as opposed to a sociological, biographical, or political point of view. Peter van der Merwe has made an extensive survey of Western popular music in all its forms - blues, ragtime, music hall, waltzes, marches, parlour ballads, folk music - uncovering the common musical language which unites these disparate styles. The book examines the split between `classical' and`popular' Western music in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, shedding light, in the process, on the `serious' music of the time. With a wealth of musical illustrations ranging from Strauss waltzes to Mississippi blues and from the Middle Ages to the 1920s, the author lays bare the tangled roots of the popular music of today in a book which is often provocative, always readable, and outstandingly comprehensive in its scope.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Clarendon Paperbacks
Release date:	July 1992
First published:	July 1992
Authors:	Peter Van Der Merwe (Librarian)
Dimensions:	234 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	366
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-816305-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Folk music Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Other types of music > Light orchestral, dance & big band music Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Blues Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Blues Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General Books > Music > Folk music Books > Music > Other types of music > Light orchestral, dance & big band music Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > General
LSN:	0-19-816305-3
Barcode:	9780198163053

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