Origins of the popular style : the antecedents of twentieth-century popular music
Van der Merwe, Peter1992
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This is an analysis of popular music from a musical, as opposed to a sociological, biographical or political point of view. The author surveys Western popular music in all its forms - blues, ragtime, waltzes, marches, music hall, ballads and folk music - and uncovers similarities and common roots.
Main title:
Origins of the popular style : the antecedents of twentieth-century popular music / Peter van der Merwe.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford : Clarendon, 1989 (1992 [printing])
Collation:
xiii, 352p. : music ; 24cm.
Notes:
Bibliography: p306-318. - Includes index.
ISBN:
9780198163053 (pbk)
Dewey class:
781.6409034781.6409781.62
Local class:
781.6409
Language:
English
BRN:
453213