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Historical perspectives in popular music / Richard Robinette, Thomas Pasqua.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library MT10 .R736 1993
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robinette, Richard W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular music--United States--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
- Popular music.
- United States.
- Popular music--Outlines, syllabi, etc.
- Genre:
- Outlines and syllabi.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 512 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Other Title:
- Popular music.
- Place of Publication:
- Dubuque, Iowa : Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., [1993]
- Contents:
- Music as a Creative Art
- The creative process
- The need to express through music
- Art music vs functional music vs commercial music
- Section 1 The Materials of Music
- 1 Melody 4
- Properties of musical sound
- Scales
- The octave
- Intervals
- Contour
- Register and range
- Phrases
- Melodic cadence
- Sequence
- Hooks
- Melodic climax
- Style
- 2 Harmony 12
- Traditional harmony
- Harmonics
- Triads
- Color tones and color chords
- Consonance vs dissonance
- 3 Rhythm 18
- Beat
- Meter and metrical patterns
- Syncopation
- Note values
- Rest values
- Polyrhythm
- Layering
- Repetitive rhythmic patterns in popular music
- 4 Form 24
- Single and compound forms
- Phrases used as building blocks of form
- The chorus concept in popular music
- Binary and ternary form
- Repetition and contrast
- Standard forms of popular music
- 5 Texture 31
- Monophonic
- Polyphonic
- Homophonic
- 6 Improvisation 34
- Symbols used for improvisation
- Basic framework for jazz improvisation
- Chord symbols
- Changes
- Paraphrasing vs original improvisation
- Section 2 Instruments of Popular Music
- 7 The Orchestra Families 44
- Stringed instruments (chordophones)
- Wind instruments (aerophones)
- Percussion instruments (idiophones and membranophones)
- Drum kit
- 8 Keyboard Instruments 53
- Piano
- Organ
- Synthesizer
- 9 Folk Instruments 60
- Guitar
- Harmonica
- Banjo
- Dulcimer
- Mandolin
- Fiddle
- Washtub bass
- Kazoo
- Washboard
- Jew's harp
- 10 MIDI Technology 70
- The MIDI Specification
- Sequencer
- Sampler
- Controllers
- 11 Instrumentation 79
- Symphony orchestra
- Concert band
- Dixieland band
- Big band
- Popular music instrumentation
- Section 3 African-American Music
- 12 Slavery in America 96
- The limits of slavery
- African roots
- Origins of the slave trade
- Music as culture for slaves
- 13 Early Instrumental Forms 104
- Plantation songs and dances
- The rise of minstrelsy
- Streetcorner bands
- Creoles of Color
- A merging of black cultures and the birth of jazz
- 14 Black Gospel Music 112
- Black gospel music before the twentieth century
- Black gospel music of the early twentieth century
- Contemporary gospel music
- Performance practices
- Contemporary gospel styles
- 15 The Blues 125
- Musical and poetic elements
- Blues lyrics
- Classic blues form
- Blue tonality
- Blues styles
- Influential blues artists
- Section 4 White Popular Music Before 1900
- 16 American Music Through the Civil War 142
- Into the 19th century
- European sacred songs
- European-based popular songs
- Art music in the Classical period
- Early 19th century expansion
- American art songs
- Stephen Foster
- Mid-century and the Civil War
- 17 The Birth of Tin Pan Alley 156
- Post Civil War songs
- Amateur music
- Barbershop harmony
- Automated musical instruments
- Charles Harris
- Harry von Tilzer
- 18 The Golden Age of Bands 169
- The early American band
- The Golden Age: 1875-1925
- Patrick Gilmore
- John Philip Sousa
- The band in the twentieth century
- Section 5 Jazz and Popular Music Through WW II
- 19 Into the Twentieth Century 182
- Growing national awareness
- The Golden years of Tin Pan Alley
- Ragtime Songs
- Irving Berlin
- 20 Ragtime 187
- The Progressive Era
- Origins and characteristics of ragtime
- Sedalia style
- Scott Joplin
- New Orleans style
- Jelly Roll Morton
- 21 Dixieland Jazz 193
- Musical roots
- New Orleans: Birthplace of jazz
- Brass bands and street funerals
- New Orleans streetcorner bands
- Early New Orleans style
- Louis Armstrong
- Chicago style
- 22 The Jazz Age: 1917-1929 201
- The Turbulent Twenties
- Popular music of the Jazz Age
- The record industry
- Birth of radio
- Fads and trends
- Paul Whiteman
- George Gershwin
- 23 The Great Depression 212
- The New Deal
- Magic of the Silver Screen
- The Golden Age of Radio
- Music of the Depression
- 24 The Swing Era 219
- The Roots of Swing
- Big bands and Dance Orchestras
- Swing is King
- Benny Goodman
- Duke Ellington
- Count Basie
- Tommy Dorsey
- America at War
- Music of World War II
- Post War Effects
- Section 6 Contemporary Trends in Jazz
- 25 Modern Jazz: The Revolution Begins 236
- Modern Jazz Movement
- Artistic Motivation
- Be bop
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Charlie Parker
- Thelonius Monk
- 26 Cool Jazz: The West Coast Reaction 241
- The Beatnik movement
- Characteristics
- Stan Getz
- Miles Davis
- Dave Brubeck Quartet
- Gerry Mulligan Quartet
- Modern Jazz Quartet
- 27 Early Progressive Jazz Styles 250
- Hard bop
- Free jazz
- Third Stream
- 28 Contemporary Big Bands 255
- Stan Kenton
- Woody Herman
- Thad Jones/Mel Lewis
- Sources of Big Bands in the 1990s
- 29 Mainstream Jazz: 1970-1990 263
- Artistic principles
- Audience
- John Coltrane
- Sun Ra
- AACM
- Art Ensemble of Chicago
- Wynton Marsalis
- 30 Contemporary Jazz 268
- Market
- Major artists
- Section 7 The Basis of Rock and Roll
- 31 The Sing Era 278
- Post World War II conditions
- Musical characteristics
- Frank Sinatra
- Nat King Cole
- Patti Page
- Rosemary Clooney
- 32 Rhythm and Blues Influences 287
- Boogie Woogie
- Contemporary Urban Blues
- Alan Freed
- Birth of Rock and Roll
- 1950s R&B Crossovers
- Fats Domino
- Little Richard
- 33 Country and Western Influences 295
- Rural folk traditions
- Carter Family
- Jimmie Rodgers
- Country and western
- Bill Haley
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Buddy Holly
- The Everly Brothers
- 34 Classic Rock and Roll 304
- Rise of the teenage culture
- Rock and roll: anthem of the teen movement
- Subjects of 1950s teen-oriented songs Anti-rock and roll movement
- Elvis Presley
- Chuck Berry
- Dick Clark
- Section 8 The 1960s
- 35 Events of the 1960s 324
- Racial unrest
- Campus unrest
- The Viet Nam War
- Rise in social power of the Youth Culture
- 36 Commercial Folk Movement 328
- The roots of commercial folk music
- Kingston Trio
- Peter, Paul and Mary
- Urban folk revival
- Joan Baez
- Bob Dylan
- 37 The California Sound 336
- Surfing music
- Jan and Dean
- The Beach Boys
- Car songs
- 38 British Invasion 343
- Pre-invasion years
- Big Bands
- The First Wave
- The Beatles
- Other first wave groups
- British blues
- The Rolling Stones
- British Invasion Timeline
- 39 The Age of Rock 354
- The watershed of modern life
- The Drug Culture
- Psychedelic (acid) rock
- The Second British Invasion
- Pink Floyd
- The Who
- Rock music's changing voice
- Music festivals
- Heavy metal roots
- Jimi Hendrix
- Led Zeppelin
- Major Moments In Heavy Metal History
- Section 9 The 1970s
- 40 The Women's Movement 374
- Socio/political events
- The women's movement in music
- Helen Reddy
- 41 Disco 378
- A social phenomenon
- The musical controversy
- The Miami Sound
- Donna Summer
- The Bee Gees
- 42 Reggae 383
- History
- Rastafarianism
- Ska
- Jimmy Cliff
- Chris Blackwell
- Bob Marley and the Wailers
- 43 New Wave 388
- The "Me" generation
- Punk rock
- New York Dolls
- Sex Pistols
- Ramones
- Commercial New Wave
- Patti Smith
- Blondie
- The Police
- The B-52s
- Section 10 Musical Theater
- 44 Roots of American Musical Theater 400
- The operetta
- Victor Herbert
- Reginald De Koven
- 45 Stage Shows 403
- Follies and Revues
- George White
- Florenz Ziegfeld
- Vaudeville
- Tony Pastor
- 46 The Broadway Musical Comedy 407
- Oklahoma! Showboat
- Carousel
- Great composers: Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, Jerome Kern
- 47 Contemporary Musical Theater 412
- Musical theater as big business
- Godspell
- Sweeney Todd
- Man of La Mancha
- Hair
- A Chorus Line
- Stephen Sondheim
- Section 11 The 1980s
- 48 Overview of the 1980s 420
- Socio-political trends of the 1980s
- Bruce Springsteen: Voice of the 1980s
- 49 New Age Music 425
- Basic elements of New Age music
- Listening to
- New Age music
- 50 Rap and Dance Music 429
- Cultural roots
- The DJ. Hispanic or "Spanglish" rap
- Public Enemy
- N.W.A. Women rappers
- Dance music
- Madonna
- 51 World Music 442
- Traditional sounds with new technology
- African influence
- Brazilian influence
- Caribbean influence
- Salsa
- Trends in world music
- 52 Sound Recording and Music Video 447
- Brief history of sound recording
- Recording equipment
- The recording process
- Production
- CD player operation
- The "tapeless" studio
- Record markets
- Billboard music charts
- Music video
- Postlude: Popular Music: A Continuing Social Force 469.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0840364369
- OCLC:
- 26726518
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