Popular Music

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Country Music Originals

The Legends and the Lost
$29.95
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Hardback Oct 2007 ISBN13: 9780195325096ISBN10: 0195325095 110 profiles bring to life the originators of country music, from the legendary to the obscure


Country Music Records

A Discography, 1921-1942
$119.99
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Hardback Sep 2004 ISBN13: 9780195139891ISBN10: 0195139895


Blues and Gospel Records

1890-1943
Fourth Edition
$170.00
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Hardback Oct 1997 ISBN13: 9780198162391ISBN10: 0198162391 Still the "bible" for collectors of pre-war African American music


Sounds of the Metropolis

The 19th Century Popular Music Revolution in London, New York, Paris and Vienna
$39.95
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Hardback Jul 2008 ISBN13: 9780195309461ISBN10: 0195309464 A fresh and persuasive consideration of the genesis of popular music on its own terms, Sounds of the Metropolis will appeal to students of music, cultural sociology, and history.


American Popular Music

From Minstrelsy to MP3
Third Edition
$79.95
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Paperback Oct 2009 ISBN13: 9780195396300ISBN10: 0195396308 The best-selling and most complete, authoritative, and colorful package for introducing American popular music


Music in the USA

A Documentary Companion
$45.00
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Paperback Aug 2008 ISBN13: 9780195139884ISBN10: 0195139887 Music in the USA: A Documentary Companion is an anthology of primary sources, which charts a map of American music and musical life through the words of composers, performers, writers, and "the people."


Music in the USA

A Documentary Companion
$149.95
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Hardback Aug 2008 ISBN13: 9780195139877ISBN10: 0195139879 Music in the USA: A Documentary Companion is an anthology of primary sources which charts a map of American music and musical life through the words of composers, performers, writers, and "the people."


Fragments and Meaning in Traditional Song

From the Blues to the Baltic
$85.00
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Hardback Sep 2003 ISBN13: 9780197262887ISBN10: 0197262880


The Blues

A Very Short Introduction
$11.95
Not Yet Published, 
Paperback Jul 2010 ISBN13: 9780195398939ISBN10: 0195398939 A clear and compelling survey of this singular genre of American music,
written by a working musician and acclaimed writer

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