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Music in the United States : a historical introduction / H. Wiley Hitchcock.
| Author/creator | Hitchcock, H. Wiley |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 3rd ed. |
| Publication Info | Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1988. |
| Description | xviii, 365 pages : music ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Prentice Hall history of music series Prentice-Hall history of music series. ^A256410 |
| Contents | Part one. The colonial and federal eras (to 1820). Sacred music in New England and other colonies. Protestant backgrounds ; Early New England psalmody ; The singing-school movement ; The first New England school of composers ; South of New England -- Secular music in the new world. British-American folk and popular song ; The rise of concerts and opera ; Marches and patriotic songs ; Other songs and opera airs ; Dance music ; Other instrumental music -- Part two. The Romantic century (1820-1920). Cultivated and vernacular traditions, and the impact of romanticism -- The cultivated tradition, 1820-1865. Church music ; Song ; Pianos and piano music ; Orchestras ; Orchestral music ; Opera -- The vernacular tradition, 1820-1920. Spiritual folk songs, revival and gospel hymnody, and black spirituals ; Blackface minstrelsy ; Dances and dance music ; Bands and band music ; Ragtime -- The cultivated tradition, 1865-1920. Institutional foundations ; The second New England school ; Edward MacDowell ; Other currents -- Charles Ives. Ives's life and creative career ; Ives's musical thought ; Ives's music -- Part three. Bewteen World Wars (1920-1945). The 1920s. Reactions to the classic-romantic tradition ; Nadia Boulanger; Aaron Copland ; Edgard Varese ; Henry Cowell and his New Music ; Popular music and musical comedy ; City blues and jazz -- The 1920s and early 1940s. Themes of the period ; Thomson, Harris, and Blitzstein ; In the groves of academe ; Younger composers of the period ; Jazz: swing ; The musical and the pop song -- Part four. Since World War II. The post-war decades: into the 1960s. Twelve-tone composition and related methods; Elliot Carter ; Systematic serial composition; Milton Babbitt ; Electroacoustic music ; Experimental music of chance and indeterminacy; John Cage ; Music as process and action ; Jazz: the emergence of bop ; The revolution in popular music: from pop to rock -- Intersections, interactions, projections: from the 1960s to the mid-1970s. Post-bop jazz and the "third stream" ; The rock era rampant ; The musical ; The new virtuosity ; Collage, mixed media, and music theater ; The new expressionism ; Minimalism -- Our pluralistic post-modern era: since the mid-1970s. Post-minimalism ; The new accessibility ; Conservatism and nostalgia in the popular-music world ; Jazz and rock ; Timbral, tonal, temperamental, and technological outreach. |
| Abstract | This book provides a chronological look at American music from colonial times to the end of the 20th century revised and updated to reflect the latest scholarship and critical views. Readers will find a comprehensive treatment of both "serious" and "popular" music in the United States with a final chapter on contemporary American music. |
| Local note | Little-315648--305131016582Z |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 87014496 |
| ISBN | 0136084079 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML200.H58 M8 1988 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |