| Contents |
Introduction. One people, one music? ; Talking about music ; Using the listening guides -- Part 1. America's music from colonization through the Civil War. "Nature must inspire the thought": sacred music in the European colonies. Catholic music in colonial North America ; European descriptions of American Indian music ; Calvinist music in colonial North America ; Protestant music outside the Calvinist orbit -- "Old, simple ditties": secular music in the colonies and early republic. Song, dance, and home music making ; Military, concert, and theater music -- "How sweet the sound": sacred music in the new republic. The rise and fall of New England psalmody ; Singing praises: Southern and frontier devotional music ; Edification and economics: the career of Lowell Mason -- "Make a noise": African American music before the Civil War. The African roots of American music ; Traditional African American music making ; Regional differences in Antebellum black music making ; The music of black worship -- "A language of feeling": cultivating musical tastes in Antebellum America. Home music making and the publishing industry ; Italian opera in the United States ; Bands in Antebellum America ; America's first oratorio society ; Classical instrumental music comes to Boston and New York ; Louis Moreau Gottschalk: a New Orleans original -- "The Ethiopian business": minstrelsy and popular song through the Civil War. Blacks, whites, and the minstrel stage ; The sheet music industry and parlor songs ; Songs of social reform and war -- Part 2. America's music from the Civil War through World War I. "After the ball": band music, gospel hymns, and popular songs after the Civil War. Band music after the Civil War ; Popular songs after the Civil War ; Industrialization and the rise of gospel music ; The rise of Tin Pan Alley -- "To stretch our ears": classical music comes of age. Theodore Thomas ; The second New England school ; Edward MacDowell ; Charles Ives -- "All that is native and fine": American Indian music, folk songs, spirituals, and their collections. American Indian music and its collectors ; Anglo-Celtic ballads and their collectors ; American folk songs and their collectors ; Spirituals and their collectors: from contraband to concert hall -- "Come on and hear": popular music, theater and dance at the turn of the century. Musical theater at the turn of the century ; The rise of ragtime ; Popular song and dance in the ragtime era -- Part 3. America's music from World War I through World War II. Blues, country, and popular songs after World War I. The blues ; Hillbilly: the invention of country music ; The big bang in Bristol ; The classic American popular song -- Modern music and jazz in the 1920s. Musical modernism ; The rise of jazz ; Four giants of early jazz -- Concert music between the World Wars. Symphony orchestras, celebrity conductors, and the new media ; Composers, the government, and the marketplace during the Great Depression ; A musical revolutionary: Ruth Crawford Seeger ; George Gershwin ; Black concert music and the Harlem Renaissance -- Blues, gospel, country, and folk music in the Great Depression and World War II. Country blues ; Thomas A. Dorsey and gospel music ; Country music during the Great Depression and World War II ; The rise of urban folk music -- Film music, musical comedy, and swing before and during World War II. Film music ; The Broadway musical through World War II ; Jazz in the swing era -- Part 4. America's music since World War II. Classical music, jazz, and musical theater after World War II. Classical music in the postwar years ; Jazz in the postwar years ; Broadway musicals in the postwar years -- "Good rocking tonight": popular and folk music after World War II. Mainstream popular music and the mass media in the postwar years ; Postwar country music ; Rhythm and blues ; Rock and roll ; The urban folk revival -- Questioning authority: America's music in the 1960s. Jazz in the 1960s ; Classical music in the 1960s ; Rock in the 1960s ; Country music from Nashville to Bakersfield ; Soul music in the 1960s -- "Stayin' alive": America's music in the 1970s. Rock enters the 1970s ; Singer-songwriters: in search of authenticity ; Soul, funk, and disco in the 1970s ; Jazz-rock fusion ; Musical theater in the 1970s ; Classical music in the 1970s -- America's music in the 1980s. Postmodernim ; Film music goes postmodern ; CDs, MTV, and pop spectacle ; Hip-hop -- American roots music. The music of Pantribalism ; Norteno (Tex-Mex) ; Cajun and Zydeco music ; Slack key guitar ; Klezmer -- Remix: America's music since 1990. Jazz: America's classical music? ; Rock, roots, and rebellion ; Hip-hop, the digital revolution, and remix culture ; Closing the gap: classical music in the twenty-first century ; Conclusion: E pluribus unum. |
| Abstract |
An ear-opening exploration of music's New World, from Puritan psalmody to mash-ups. The authors show how the lively interactions between the folk, popular, and classical spheres have made American music resonate with audiences around the world. Students will learn how to listen critically to eighty-eight pieces in all the major styles and genres, while gaining a clearer understanding of music's role in the history of American society, business, and technology. |
