| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 294 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-286) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the quest for cultural legitimacy -- Before the Jazz Age: professional musicians and good music -- Jazz Age: professional musicians and the cultivated vernacular -- Swing craze: professional musicians, swing music and the art of improvisation -- Rise of a jazz art world: jazz enthusiasts, professional musicians and the modernist revolt -- New jazz age: the jazz art world and the modern jazz renaissance -- Conclusion: the jazz art world and American culture. |
| Summary |
This book presents a unique sociological vision of the evolution of jazz music in the twentieth century. Analysing organizational structures and competing discourses in the field of American music, Paul Lopes shows how musicians and the art world that grew around them transformed the meaning and practice of jazz. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Jazz -- History and criticism.
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Jazz. |
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Music -- Social aspects.
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Music -- Social aspects. |
| Indexed Term |
Humaniora Musik. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lopes, Paul Douglas. Rise of a jazz art world. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521801915 (DLC) 2001043259 (OCoLC)47716436 |
| ISBN |
9780511489495 (electronic book) |
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0511489498 (electronic book) |
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0511019890 (electronic book) |
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9780511019890 (electronic book) |
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0511047711 (electronic book) |
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9780511047718 (electronic book) |
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0521801915 |
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9780521801911 |
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0521000394 |
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9780521000390 |
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