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Tell Tchaikovsky the News : Rock 'n' Roll, the Labor Question, and the Musicians' Union, 1942-1968 /

For two decades after rock music emerged in the 1940s, the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), the oldest and largest labor union representing professional musicians in the United States and Canada, refused to recognize rock 'n' roll as legitimate music or its performers as skilled mus...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roberts, Michael James, 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:For two decades after rock music emerged in the 1940s, the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), the oldest and largest labor union representing professional musicians in the United States and Canada, refused to recognize rock 'n' roll as legitimate music or its performers as skilled musicians. The AFM never actively organized rock 'n' roll musicians, although recruiting them would have been in the union's economic interest.
Physical Description:1 online resource (276 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780822378839