Popular Music

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Folk Music

A Very Short Introduction
$11.95
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Paperback Dec 2010 ISBN13: 9780195395020ISBN10: 0195395026 A compact but wide-ranging introduction to folk music around the world

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American Popular Music

From Minstrelsy to MP3
Third Edition
$87.95
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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
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Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks

The Countercultural Sounds of Austin's Progressive Country Music Scene
$35.00
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Hardback Apr 2011 ISBN13: 9780199747474ISBN10: 0199747474 Uses extensive archival research and exclusive interviews with key scene figures to explore the connection between a unique community on America's cultural borderlands and the innovative music that helped to shape it.
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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."
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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."
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The Blues

A Very Short Introduction
$11.95
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Paperback Jul 2010 ISBN13: 9780195398939ISBN10: 0195398939 "The most illuminating short treatment of the blues ever published."--Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal

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How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll

An Alternative History of American Popular Music
$16.95
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Paperback Sep 2011 ISBN13: 9780199756971ISBN10: 019975697X From ragtime to rap, this lively history casts aside conventional wisdom to offer a fresh look at the enormous variety and vitality of American popular music
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The Music of Joni Mitchell

$99.00
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Hardback Jul 2008 ISBN13: 9780195307573ISBN10: 0195307577 The first comprehensive study of Joni Mitchell's music unlocks the hidden aspects of her creative genius.
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The Music of Joni Mitchell

$21.95
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Paperback Jul 2008 ISBN13: 9780195307993ISBN10: 0195307992 The first comprehensive study of Joni Mitchell's music unlocks the hidden aspects of her creative genius.
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