Putting Popular Music in Its Place |
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| Author:
| Hamm, Charles |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-02861-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2006 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $52.99 |
Book Description:
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This volume of essays by the distinguished musicologist Charles Hamm focuses on the context of popular music: the interrelationships between popular music and other styles and genres, including classical music, the meaning of popular music for audiences, and the institutional appropriation of this music for hegemonic purposes. Specific topics include anti-slavery sentiment, rock'n'roll and soul music in South Africa, the early songs of Irving Berlin, cultural control of music in South...
More DescriptionThis volume of essays by the distinguished musicologist Charles Hamm focuses on the context of popular music: the interrelationships between popular music and other styles and genres, including classical music, the meaning of popular music for audiences, and the institutional appropriation of this music for hegemonic purposes. Specific topics include anti-slavery sentiment, rock'n'roll and soul music in South Africa, the early songs of Irving Berlin, cultural control of music in South Africa and China and the impact of modernisn.