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Struggling to define a nation : American music and the twentieth century /

Identifying music as a vital site of cultural debate, this book captures the dynamic, contested nature of musical life in the United States. It examines an array of genres - including art music, jazz, popular song, ragtime, and Hawaiian music - and well-known musicians, such as Charles Ives, Jelly R...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garrett, Charles Hiroshi, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2008.
Colección:Roth Family Foundation book on music in America imprint.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Charles Ives's Four ragtime dances and true American music
  • Jelly Roll Morton and the Spanish tinge
  • Louis Armstrong and the great migration
  • Chinatown, whose Chinatown? Defining America's borders with musical orientalism
  • Sounds of paradise: Hawai'i and the American musical imagination
  • Conclusion: American music at the turn of a new century.