| Description |
1 online resource (406 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Classic Pop at Midcentury; 2 The Music Went Round and Round ... ; 3 Late Flowering from Old Stock; 4 Indian Summer of the Classic Popular Song; 5 Restocking the Songbook; 6 The Land Where the Good Songs Go; 7 Other Voices in Popular Song; 8 Sondheim and After; 9 Classic American Popular Song at the End of the Twentieth Century; Permissions; General Index; Song Index; Songwriters' Index |
| Summary |
First published in 20Classic American Popular Song: The Second Half-Century, 1950-2000 addresses the question: ""What happened to American popular song after 1950?"" There are numerous books available on the so-called ""Golden Age"" of popular song, but none that follow the development of popular song styles in the second half of the 20th century. While 1950 is seen as the ""end of an era, "" the tap of popular song creation hardly ran dry after that date. Many of the classic songwriters continued to work through the following decades: Porter was active until 1958; Rodgers unt |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism
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Popular music
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Velsey, Donald
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| ISBN |
9781136797453 |
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1136797459 |
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