American popular music

Larry Starr Christopher Waterman First published 2002

About this book

"In American Popular Music: The Rock Years, Larry Starr and Christopher Waterman take readers on a journey through the rich historical and stylistic landscape of American rock. An abridged version of the authors' acclaimed American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MTV, this volume includes chapters 8-14 of the longer book along with new introductory and concluding chapters." "American Popular Music: The Rock Years traces the development of rock from its roots in the mid-1940s to its current state in the twenty-first century, integrating in-depth discussions of the music itself with solid coverage of the attendant historical, social, and cultural circumstances. It strikes a balance between musical analysis and social context, showing how rock and American culture have continuously influenced each other over time."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

  • 781.66/0973
  • history and criticism
  • ml3534.3 .s73 2006
  • music, american
  • popmuziek
  • popular music
  • popular music, history and criticism
  • rock music
  • rock music--history and criticism
  • rock music--united states--history and criticism