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Popular music in America : the beat goes on

This text aims to provide a chronological examination of the roots and history of American popular music from 1840 to the present. There is a book-specific website that contains downloadable Active Listening Guides, tutorials, and more. The text aims to give a comprehensive understanding of popular music: where it came from, how it evolved, how styles interrelate, and how patterns of influence helped shape it over the years

Print Book, English, ©2009
Schirmer Cengage Learning, Boston, ©2009