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America's Musical Landscape by Jean Ferris

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America's Musical Landscape provides readers with an extensive understanding of the progression of American music over time, together with an appreciation of music's diverse cultural roots. Chapters are enhanced by more than 80 Listening Examples and more than 115 Optional Listening Examples, connections to other arts, and Thinking Critically boxes throughout. Ultimately, the music fundamentals covered will enable students to listen to new music receptively and creatively.

PART 1 - Music in Early North America

Chapter 1 North American Indian Music

Chapter 2 Early Folk Music

Chapter 3 Religious Music in the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Federal Periods

Chapter 4 Secular Music in the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Federal Periods

PART 2 - The Tumultuous Nineteenth Century

Chapter 5 Religious Music in the Early Nineteenth Century

Chapter 6 Popular Music of the Civil War Era

Chapter 7 Concert Music

PART 3 - The Growth of Vernacular Traditions

Chapter 8 The Rise of Popular Culture

Chapter 9 The Jazz Age

Chapter 10 Jazz 1930-1960

Chapter 11 Country Music

Chapter 12 Latin Popular Musics

PART 4 - Vernacular Musics Since Rock and Roll

Chapter 13 Rock and Roll

Chapter 14 Rock Flirts with Country

Chapter 15 Late Twentieth-Century Jazz

Chapter 16 Popular Music in the Late Twentieth Century

Chapter 17 Vernacular Music in the Twenty-First Century

PART 5 - Music for Theater and Film

Chapter 18 Musical Theater

Chapter 19 Music for Films

Chapter 20 American Opera

PART 6 - Tradition and Innovation in Concert Music

Chapter 21 Experimental Music: Revolution

Chapter 22 Early Twentieth-Century Mainstream Concert Music: Evolution

Chapter 23 The Avant-Garde, Continued

Chapter 24 The Recent Mainstream

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Glossary

Index

About the Author

Jean Ferris

After receiving her MA in Music History and Literature at Arizona State University, Jean Ferris taught Music History and Appreciation at ASU. In addition to her work at the University, she has been involved with the music community by serving as a church choir director, singing with the Phoenix Symphony Chorale, playing the organ, and touring to Japan with her high school handbell choir--apparently the first handbell choir to perform in that country.

Ferris is the author of two books: Music: The Art of Listening and America's Musical Landscape.

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