Includes discographies, bibliographical references (pages 457-464), and index.
Contents:
The Anglo-Celtic-American tradition -- The African American tradition -- The American Indian tradition -- The Hispanic and Latin traditions -- Other traditions : French, Scandinavian, Asian -- Folk music as an instrument of advocacy -- Country music -- Blues and soul : from country to city -- Rock : a panorama in itself -- From psalm tune to rural revivalism -- Urban revivalism and gospel music -- Secular music in the cities from colonial times to the Jacksonian era -- Popular musical theater from the Jacksonian era to the present -- Popular song, dance, and march music from the Jacksonian era to the advent of rock -- Ragtime and pre-jazz -- Jazz -- Classical music and the contemporary world -- Accomplishments from the Jacksonian era to World War I -- The evolving tradition, 1920-70 -- Twentieth-century innovation -- Toward a more hospitable music -- Opera -- American music in your own backyard.
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