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Struggling to Define a Nation: American Music and the Twentieth Century
Charles Hiroshi Garrett
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Description for Struggling to Define a Nation: American Music and the Twentieth Century
Paperback. Identifying music as a vital site of cultural debate, this book captures the dynamic, contested nature of musical life in the United States. It examines an array of genres - including art music, jazz, popular song, ragtime, and Hawaiian music - and well-known musicians, such as Charles Ives, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and Irving Berlin. Num Pages: 312 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 3 tables, 20 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; AV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Identifying music as a vital site of cultural debate, "Struggling to Define a Nation" captures the dynamic, contested nature of musical life in the United States. In an engaging blend of music analysis and cultural critique, Charles Hiroshi Garrett examines a dazzling array of genres - including art music, jazz, popular song, ragtime, and Hawaiian music - and numerous well-known musicians, such as Charles Ives, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and Irving Berlin. Garrett argues that rather than a single, unified vision, an exploration of the past century reveals a contested array of musical perspectives on the nation, each one ... Read more
Identifying music as a vital site of cultural debate, "Struggling to Define a Nation" captures the dynamic, contested nature of musical life in the United States. In an engaging blend of music analysis and cultural critique, Charles Hiroshi Garrett examines a dazzling array of genres - including art music, jazz, popular song, ragtime, and Hawaiian music - and numerous well-known musicians, such as Charles Ives, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, and Irving Berlin. Garrett argues that rather than a single, unified vision, an exploration of the past century reveals a contested array of musical perspectives on the nation, each one ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520254879
SKU
V9780520254879
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About Charles Hiroshi Garrett
Charles Hiroshi Garrett is Assistant Professor of Musicology at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance. He is Editor in Chief of The Grove Dictionary of American Music, second edition.
Reviews for Struggling to Define a Nation: American Music and the Twentieth Century
"Essential."
S. C. Pelkey Choice "Intriguing and provocative."
Michael Quinn Classical Music Magazine
S. C. Pelkey Choice "Intriguing and provocative."
Michael Quinn Classical Music Magazine