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Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8: Genres: North America
David Shepherd
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Description for Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8: Genres: North America
Hardback. A reference to a range of American musical styles, from Barbershop to Bluegrass and from Ragtime to Rockabilly. It also includes discussions on cultural, historical and geographic origins; technical musical characteristics; instrumentation and use of voice; lyrics and language; and, typical features of performance and presentation. Editor(s): Horn, David; Shepherd, John. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 176 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1138.
This is a comprehensive and authoritative reference to a huge range of American musical styles, from Barbershop to Bluegrass and from Ragtime to Rockabilly. The six "EPMOW Genre" volumes contain entries on the genres of music that have been or currently are popular in countries and communities all over the world. Included are discussions on cultural, historical and geographic origins; technical musical characteristics; instrumentation and use of voice; lyrics and language; typical features of performance and presentation; historical development and paths and modes of dissemination; influence of technology, the music industry and political and economic circumstances; changing stylistic features; notable and influential performers; and relationships to other genres and sub-genres. This volume, on the music of North America, features over 100 in-depth essays on genres ranging from Adult Contemporary to Alternative Rock, from Barbershop to Bebop, and from Disco to Emo. All entries conclude with a bibliography, discographical references and discography, with additional information on sheet music listings and visual recordings. Written and edited by a team of distinguished popular music scholars and professionals, this is an exceptional resource for anybody studying or researching the history and development of popular music.
Product Details
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
800
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
584
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781441160782
SKU
V9781441160782
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About David Shepherd
David Horn was a founding editor of the journal Popular Music (Cambridge University Press, 1981+), and a founding member of IASPM (The International Association for the Study of Popular Music). He was Director of the Institute of Popular Music at the University of Liverpool from 1988 until his retirement in 2002. Together with the blues scholar Paul Oliver he first proposed the idea of EPMOW in the 1980s, and has worked on the project since that time. Other recent publications include two edited volumes: The Cambridge Companion to Jazz (with Mervyn Cooke, 2002),and a special issue of Popular Music in honour of Paul Oliver (2006). John Shepherd is Chancellor's Professor of music and sociology, and Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research at Carleton University, ON. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Reviews for Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8: Genres: North America
Volume 8 of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World is a comprehensive and incredibly useful guide to the musical styles of North America. The combination of history and description in the text, with the addition of bibliographies and discographies, makes EPMOW the ideal book with which to survey the vast array of musical genres associated with North America. The entries are illuminating and insightful and provide an unparalleled resource for teachers and students.
Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago Distinguished Professor
Volume VIII of the Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World (Genres: North America) reminds us just how spectacularly varied are the highways and byways of American popular music. This fascinating guide takes us from the Brill Building in New York City to Bakersfield's distinctive country sound; from California's sunny surf music to D.C.'s gogo scene; from the Southwest's technobanda to Louisiana zydeco. Musics that swept the entire continent (rock ‘n' roll) rub up against sounds that are the product of a few fertile neighborhoods of a single city (Mardi Gras Indian Music). This is the one indispensible companion for any fan of popular music, written in such a way that one can read and enjoy the volume cover-to-cover or choose to use it as needed as a reference.
Gage Averill, Dean of Arts, The University of British Columbia, Canada
Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago Distinguished Professor
Volume VIII of the Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World (Genres: North America) reminds us just how spectacularly varied are the highways and byways of American popular music. This fascinating guide takes us from the Brill Building in New York City to Bakersfield's distinctive country sound; from California's sunny surf music to D.C.'s gogo scene; from the Southwest's technobanda to Louisiana zydeco. Musics that swept the entire continent (rock ‘n' roll) rub up against sounds that are the product of a few fertile neighborhoods of a single city (Mardi Gras Indian Music). This is the one indispensible companion for any fan of popular music, written in such a way that one can read and enjoy the volume cover-to-cover or choose to use it as needed as a reference.
Gage Averill, Dean of Arts, The University of British Columbia, Canada