America's music, from the pilgrims to the present / Gilbert Chase ; with a foreword by Richard Crawford and a discographical essays by William Brooks.

Author/creator Chase, Gilbert
Format Book
EditionRev. 3rd ed.
Publication InfoUrbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1987.
Descriptionxxiv, 712 pages : illustrations, music, portraits ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Music--United States. --History and criticism.

SeriesMusic in American life
Music in American life. ^A223005
Contents Part one. From colony to republic. The musical puritans -- Conflict and reform -- Dissenters and minority sects -- The African presence -- Gentlemen amateurs -- European professionals -- American pioneers -- Part two. The people and the nation. Progress, profit, and uplift -- The Genteel tradition -- The Fasola folk -- Revival hymns and spiritual songs -- The Negro spirituals -- The Ethiopian business -- America's minstrel -- Romantic Americanism -- Exotic romanticism -- Europe versus America -- Part three. Toward a composite culture. Music for the millions -- Decorum and diversity -- On with the show -- New England again -- The Native Americans -- The rise of ragtime -- Composer from Connecticut -- Part four. America and the world. The ultramodern movement -- New American mix -- Everywhere the blues -- Jazz: tradition and transformation -- The pit and the proscenium -- Toward an American opera -- The grand tradition -- Creative systems -- Innovation and experiment -- Country to rock - with soul.
Abstract First published in 1955, this account of music in America, presents "the music made or continuously used by the people of the United States, people who have come from many parts of the earth to build a new civilization and to create a new society in a new world." Chase perceives music as a cultural statement and writes to celebrate American musical pluralism. He seeks to enter into the motives and beliefs of each of his subjects, and believes that America's music is a counterpoint of ideas, trends, voices, and sounds, issuing from many different layers of society. Chase begins with the musical Puritans who settled in New England, and the various religious movements that dominated American musical expression. He also devotes greater attention to jazz, folk music and popular music.
General note"American music on record, by William Brooks": pages 639-646.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 647-688) and index.
LCCN 86030795
ISBN025200454X (alk. paper)

Availability

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Music Music Stacks ML200.C5 A5 1987 ✔ Available Place Hold