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245 14 a| The Nashville sound :b| authenticity, commercialization, and country music /c| Joli Jensen.;

250 a| First edition.;

260 a| Nashville :b| Vanderbilt University Press,c| 1998.;

300 a| x, 218 pages, 8 pages of plates :b| illustrations, portraits ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-209) and index.;

505 0 a| What makes country music authentic? -- Downhome meets uptown -- The rise of rock 'n' roll -- From the Opry to music row -- Patsy Cline -- Authenticating the Nashville sound -- Considering commercialization -- Authenticities lost and found.;

520 a| This book is about the value that an audience places on a commercial cultural product like country music. It explores why the concept of authenticity in country music is so crucial to so many of its fans. It does this by examining the dramatic changes that occurred in country music in the 1950s and 1960s, when one popular style--honky-tonk--was effectively supplanted by another--the smoother, more broadly accessible "Nashville Sound" associated with producers Owen Bradley, Chet Atkins, and others. The author shows how this change was an inventive compromise, a way to maintain the most important aspects of the music's roots while broadening its appeal. She documents this musical and cultural transition in a chapter focusing on the remarkable recording career of Nashville Sound artist Patsy Cline, the artist who most fully embodies these tensions. This book explores a variety of far-reaching questions: What does it mean when we label a commercial music "authentic" or "traditional"? Why should an audience value one style of music over another? And, ultimately, what does this expression of taste--the choosing of a commercial musical style--tell us about ourselves, not only as consumers but also as human beings trying to find meaning in a transient world?;

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The Nashville sound : authenticity, commercialization, and country music / Joli Jensen.

Author/creator	Jensen, Joli
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 1998.
Description	x, 218 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects	Country music--History and criticism.

Contents	What makes country music authentic? -- Downhome meets uptown -- The rise of rock 'n' roll -- From the Opry to music row -- Patsy Cline -- Authenticating the Nashville sound -- Considering commercialization -- Authenticities lost and found.
Abstract	This book is about the value that an audience places on a commercial cultural product like country music. It explores why the concept of authenticity in country music is so crucial to so many of its fans. It does this by examining the dramatic changes that occurred in country music in the 1950s and 1960s, when one popular style--honky-tonk--was effectively supplanted by another--the smoother, more broadly accessible "Nashville Sound" associated with producers Owen Bradley, Chet Atkins, and others. The author shows how this change was an inventive compromise, a way to maintain the most important aspects of the music's roots while broadening its appeal. She documents this musical and cultural transition in a chapter focusing on the remarkable recording career of Nashville Sound artist Patsy Cline, the artist who most fully embodies these tensions. This book explores a variety of far-reaching questions: What does it mean when we label a commercial music "authentic" or "traditional"? Why should an audience value one style of music over another? And, ultimately, what does this expression of taste--the choosing of a commercial musical style--tell us about ourselves, not only as consumers but also as human beings trying to find meaning in a transient world?
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-209) and index.
LCCN	97045428
ISBN	082651314X (cloth)

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