| Description |
xii, 242 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-231) and index. |
| Summary |
Covering the grown of twentieth-century American popular music, this work explores the question of why some music styles attain mass popularity while others thrive in small niches. |
| Contents |
Music genres. What is a theory of sociocultural classification? ; What are genre forms and how are they identified? ; Organizations and money ; Genre ideals and style ; What genres are not ; Outline of the book -- Three musics, four genres : rap, bluegrass, and bebop jazz. Avant-garde genres ; Scene-based genres ; Industry-based genres ; Traditionalist genres ; After the tradition ; Conclusion -- Music trajectories. Two genre trajectories ; Scene-based origins ; IST trajectories ; On genre trajectories ; Inhibiting factors on musical trajectories ; Absorption into other musics, other streams ; Niche music ; The racist organization of musical production ; Conclusion -- The government-purposed genre. Attributes of government-purposed genres ; China ; Chile ; Nigeria ; Serbia ; Conclusion -- On classification systems. Classification in music ; Toward a model of classification systems ; On science, markets, and memory ; The future of music ; In closing. |
| Subject |
Popular music -- Social aspects.
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Popular music -- Social aspects. |
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Popular music. |
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Popular music genres.
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Popular music genres. |
| ISBN |
9780691150765 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0691150761 hardcover alkaline paper |
| Standard No. |
40020528634 |
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