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Historical dictionary of popular music [electronic resource] / Norman Abjorensen

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Abjorensen, Norman
Published
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017]
Physical Description
xl, 653 pages ; 24 cm.
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This book seeks to trace the rise of popular music, identify its key figures and track the origins and development of its multiple genres and styles, all the while seeking to establish historical context. It is, fundamentally, a ready reference guide to the broad field of popular music over the past two centuries. It has become a truism that popular music, so pervasive in the modern world, constitutes a soundtrack to our lives - a constant though changing presence as we cross thresholds and grow from children to teenagers to adults. But it has become more than a soundtrack; it has become a narrative. Not just an accompaniment to our daily lives but incorporating our lives, our sense of identity, our lived experiences, into it. We have become part of the music just as the music has become part of us. The Historical Dictionary of Popular Music contains a chronology, an introduction, an appendix, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on major figures across genres, definitions of genres, technical innovations and surveys of countries and regions.0This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about popular music.
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ISBN
9781538102145 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 571-651).
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