Highlights
Integrated Approach
An Introduction to America’s Music is the first and only text to effectively treat the complex interrelationships among folk, popular, and classical music.
Balanced, Readable Presentation
Crawford strikes the perfect balance between presenting historical and social background and discussing individual performers, composers, and pieces of music—all in clear, engaging prose designed for students with little or no music background.
Excellent Pedagogy
- Listening guides enable students to follow the music (and words) closely as the work is playing.
- Brief, Boxed Discussions of Musical Styles and Concepts
Examples include "An Indian Dance of 1670"; "Text Meters of English Psalmody"; "William Billings of Boston"; "A Concert Program from 1799"; and "Sixteen Popular Songs from the 1890s and 1900s." - Quotations from Musicians and Writers on Music
Examples include Charles Ives on our instinctive and progressive interest in art, Leopold Stowkowski on music as the universal language, and Scott Moore on an audition for Elvis Presley.
- Generously Illustrated
Over 120 illustrations, including reproductions of early engravings, facsimiles of music, photographs, and simple music examples help bring the story of America’s music to life.
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