| Description |
xi, 415 pages illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Essays in American music ; v. 3
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Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 2107
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Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 2107.
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Essays in American music ; v. 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Boston's "French connection" at the turn of the twentieth century / Ellen Knight -- Ticklers' secrets : ragtime performance practices, 1900-1920, a bibliographic essay / Karen Rege -- Mapping the blues genes : technological, economic, and social strands, a spectral analysis / Raymond D. Dessy -- Some American firms and their contributions to the development of the reproducing piano / Kent Holliday -- Dances, frolics, and orchestra wars : the territory bands and ballrooms of Kansas City, Missouri, 1925-1935 / Marc Rice -- Thomas A. Dorsey and the development and diffusion of traditional Black gospel piano / Timothy M. Kalil -- Western swing : working-class Southwestern jazz of the 1930s and 1940s / Jean A. Boyd -- The art of noise : John Cage, Lou Harrison, and the West Coast Percussion Ensemble / Leta Miller -- Melville Smith : organist, educator, early music pioneer, and American composer / Mark DeVoto -- Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra : high, middle, and low culture, 1937-1954 / Donald C. Meyer -- Cinema music of distinction : Virgil Thomson, Aaron Copland, and Gail Kubik / Alfred W. Cochran -- The new Tin Pan Alley : 1940s Hollywood looks at American popular songwriters / John C. Tibbetts. |
| Subject |
Music -- United States -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
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United States. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Musik. |
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Aufsatzsammlung. |
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Musikleben. |
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USA. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1950-1999 |
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Geschichte 1900-1950 |
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1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Saffle, Michael, 1946-
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| ISBN |
0815321457 (alkaline paper) |
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9780815321453 (alkaline paper) |
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