| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 634 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The look of country: the colorful history of country music costuming / Holly George-Warren -- The folk and popular roots of country music / Norm Cohen -- The gospel truth: Christianity and country music / Bill C. Malone -- Extra! Read all about it!: the literature of country music / Nolan Porterfield -- Country music as music / Bill Evans -- The center of Music City: Nashville's Music Row / John Lomax III -- The talking machine: how records shaped country music / Colin Escott -- It all begins with a song: a brief history of country songwriting / Walter Carter -- The South and country music / Bill C. Malone -- From schoolhouses to arenas: a history of country music touring / Ronnie Pugh |
| Summary |
To its millions of fans, country music is America's music, offering a window on the "sweet dreams" and "working man blues of ordinary American lives. The renowned Country Music Foundation, custodian of Nashville's legendary Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, has compiled a fascinating and infinitely useful guide to this beloved music genre |
| Bibliography |
Discography: pages 609-614 |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award, 1999 |
| Subject |
Country music -- Encyclopedias
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Country & Bluegrass.
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Country music
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Countrymusic
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Country-Musiker
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Country-muziek.
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encyclopedias.
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Encyclopedias
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Encyclopedias.
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Encyclopédies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Kingsbury, Paul
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Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum (Nashville, Tenn.)
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| ISBN |
9780199770557 |
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0199770557 |
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