Struggling to define a nation : American music and the twentieth century / Charles Hiroshi Garrett.

Author/creator Garrett, Charles Hiroshi
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxiv, 291 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesA Roth Family Foundation book on music in America imprint
Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint. ^A912651
Contents 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.
Abstract Identifying music as a vital site of cultural debate, this book captures the dynamic, contested nature of musical life in the United States. In an engaging blend of music analysis and cultural critique, the author examines a dazzling array of genres--including art music, jazz, popular song, ragtime, and Hawaiian music--and numerous well-known musicians, such as Charles Ives, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and Irving Berlin. Garrett argues that rather than a single, unified vision, an exploration of the past century reveals a contested array of musical perspectives on the nation, each one advancing a different facet of American identity through sound.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 259-276) and index.
LCCN 2008014157
ISBN9780520254862 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520254864 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520254879 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0520254872 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML200.5 .G37 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold