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The Cambridge History of American Music

  • Editor: Nicholls, David
Enjoyable and non-technical, this fine volume has much to offer to all those interested in the highways and byways of the American musical landscape More…

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Contents

  • Notes on contributors
  • Editor's preface
  • Part I :
  • 1. American Indian musics, past and present Victoria Lindsay Levine
  • 2. Music in America: an overview (
  • part 1 ) William Brooks
  • 3. Secular music to 1800 Kate Van Winkle Keller with John Koegel
  • 4. Sacred music to 1800 Nym Cooke
  • 5. African-American music to 1900 Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje
  • 6. Immigrant, folk and regional musics in the nineteenth century Michael Broyles
  • 7. Nineteenth-century popular music Dale Cockrell
  • 8. Art music from 1800 to 1860 Katherine K. Preston
  • 9. Art music from 1860 to 1920 Michael Broyles
  • Part II :
  • 10. Music in America: an overview (
  • part 2 ) William Brooks
  • 11. Immigrant, folk and regional musics in the twentieth century Philip V. Bohlman
  • 12. Popular song and popular music on stage and film Stephen Banfield
  • 13. The rock and roll era Robert Walser
  • 14. Ragtime and early jazz Jeffrey Magee
  • 15. Jazz from 1930 to 1960 David Joyner
  • 16. Jazz since 1960 Ronald Radano
  • 17. Tonal traditions in art music from 1920 to 1960 Larry Starr
  • 18. Serialism and complexity Stephen Peles
  • 19. Avant-garde and experimental music David Nicholls
  • 20. Tonal traditions in art music since 1960 Jonathan W. Bernard
  • Bibliography and references
  • Index.