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Music in the Age of Anxiety: American Music in the Fifties
James Wierzbicki
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Paperback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: AVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
Derided for its conformity and consumerism, 1950s America paid a price in anxiety. Prosperity existed under the shadow of a mushroom cloud. Optimism wore a Bucky Beaver smile that masked worry over threats at home and abroad. But even dread could not quell the revolutionary changes taking place in virtually every form of mainstream music. Music historian James Wierzbicki sheds light on how the Fifties' pervasive moods affected its sounds. Moving across genres established--pop, country, opera--and transfigured--experimental, rock, jazz--Wierzbicki delves into the social dynamics that caused forms to emerge or recede, thrive or fade away. Red scares and ... Read more
Derided for its conformity and consumerism, 1950s America paid a price in anxiety. Prosperity existed under the shadow of a mushroom cloud. Optimism wore a Bucky Beaver smile that masked worry over threats at home and abroad. But even dread could not quell the revolutionary changes taking place in virtually every form of mainstream music. Music historian James Wierzbicki sheds light on how the Fifties' pervasive moods affected its sounds. Moving across genres established--pop, country, opera--and transfigured--experimental, rock, jazz--Wierzbicki delves into the social dynamics that caused forms to emerge or recede, thrive or fade away. Red scares and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Music in American Life
Condition
New
Weight
464g
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252081569
SKU
V9780252081569
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About James Wierzbicki
James Wierzbicki teaches musicology at the University of Sydney. His books include Film Music: A History and Elliott Carter .
Reviews for Music in the Age of Anxiety: American Music in the Fifties
This very readable book is filled with many perceptive connections between music and cultural, social, and political activities of the 1950s. Wierzbicki is to be especially commended for his mastery of many sources and the way he has woven them together.
Michael Broyles, author of Mavericks and Other Traditions in American Music Music in the ... Read more
Michael Broyles, author of Mavericks and Other Traditions in American Music Music in the ... Read more