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Music of the 1990s / Thomas Harrison.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3477 .H38 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harrison, Thomas (Thomas R.), 1969-
- Series:
- American history through music
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular music--United States--1991-2000--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 182 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, [2011]
- Summary:
- Harrison (music business and recording, Jacksonville U.) describes key artists in genres of American music of the 1990s, beginning with artists of the 1980s who continued into the 1990s, new artists of the decade, and the impact of dance music, then detailing the move from pop-based hip-hop to a reality-focused genre, the decline of 1980s hard rock and heavy metal, the rise of grunge and alternative music, mainstream rock and singer/songwriters, and pop and rock-based country, with a concluding chapter on musical theater, jazz, popular Christian music, and classical music. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Mainstream pop music
- Hip hop becomes the new king
- Mainstream and alternative rock, and the singer/songwriters
- Neo-traditional and mainstream country
- Specialized genres.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313379420
- 0313379424
- 9780313379437
- 0313379432
- OCLC:
- 701807954
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