The Cambridge History of American Music

From: The American Music Teacher | Date: October 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

The Cambridge History of American Music, edited by David Nicholls. Cambridge University Press, (40 W. 20th St., New York, NY 10011-4211), 1998. $90.

This one-volume history consists of twenty chapters on various aspects of American music. Beginning with indigenous American Indian music and its transformations through the present, David Nicholls also discusses folk, popular music and art music traditions from the arrival of Europeans until today. Chapters cover an extraordinary range of folk, ethnic, immigrant, regional and popular music, including popular song, musical theater, rock 'n' ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

AMERICAN MUSIC DIVISION AWARDS
; ...Awards Angie Greer, Chairman, NFMC American Music Division The 2005-2006 award for Educational...Institutions' Promotion and Performance of American Music goes to Texas Christian University...outstanding in its presentation of American music. They have steadily increased their...
American Music Division 2006-2007
; Parade of American Music November 2006 was the first year...Professor Rudolf R.A. Schramm Parade of American Music Club Award. This award more than...the month of November, presenting American music to communities across the U.S...
AMERICAN MUSIC DIVISION REPORT
; ...President of NFMC, established the NFMC American Music Department. That same year the Parade of American Music was begun. The Parade was established...for special emphasis on all kinds of American music. February was established as the month...
For American music, times are right once again
; ...that doesn't inspire plenty of great American music, but July 4th is especially soul-satisfying...or Berwyn, to be precise--where the American Music Festival at FitzGerald's strongly reflects...guy who wrote "Fourth of July" and "American Music," Alvin has the right credentials to...
Slatkin and symphony get in sync with American music. (conductor Leonard Slatkin)
; ...Slatkin, he promises to bring more great American music to the nation's capital. In the course...Philharmonia Orchestra in a festival of American music. This is the music he loves best, and...going to be hearing a lot more great American music, he says. You can be sure of that...
BUYOUT COSTS MUSIC JOBS; CONSOLIDATION WITH SIMILAR STORE WILL RESULT IN LAYOFFS AT AMERICAN MUSIC GROUP.(Business)
; ...company is taking the local operations of American Music Group down an octave. Dozens of jobs...staff and its Armory Square store. American Music Group is owned by Guitar Center Inc...musical instruments retailer similar to American Music Group. In the transition, American...
New Center for American Music
; The New Center for American Music was established by The University...scholarship and performance of American music from all traditions, including...the study and performance of American music. "In keeping with the richness...
Luther Vandross wins at American Music Awards; His mother, Mary, accepts the honors on behalf of her son, who is recovering from a stroke
; ...only his career but his life, won two American Music Awards on Sunday. The 52-year-old singer...teenager. Alabama collected its 23rd American Music Award, this one for favorite country...as best female R&B artist, her third American Music Award since she died in a plane crash...
Perspectives on American Music, 1900-1950.(Review)
; Perspectives on American Music, 1900-1950. Edited by Michael Saffle. (Essays in American Music, 3.) New York: Garland Publishing, 2000...Saffle's four-volume series Essays in American Music complements the abundance of recent research...
American Music Awards Turn 20
; ...s oldest teenager," but his annual American Music Awards broadcast has seen the last...WLS-Channel 7) marks the 20th year of the American Music Awards, which Clark began with no inkling...achievement is not just endurance. The American Music Awards show has set a standard among...