Item Detail
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Hitchcock, H. Wiley (Hugh Wiley)
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Music in the United States : a historical introduction
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Book
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3rd ed.
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Prentice-Hall history of music series
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Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
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c1988
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Prentice Hall
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xviii, 365 p. : music ; 23 cm.
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English
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3rd ed.
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0136084079; 9780136084075
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Music--United States--History and criticism.
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Music History; Music Criticism; United States
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ML 200 .H58 1988
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Hitchcock, H. Wiley. Music in the United States: A Historical Introduction. 3rd ed. Prentice Hall History of Music Series, ed. H. Wiley Hitchcock. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1988.
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A textbook history of music in the United States. A book of moderate length . . . nevertheless comprehensive, authoritative, and engagingly written.
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Discusses American music from Colonial times to the 1980's. Includes art music, popular music, sacred music, and folk music. Discusses significant composers as well as broad musical trends and styles.
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Chapters are organized by topic, and are roughly chronological. Some chapters focus on specific traditions or composers, while others focus on a particular time period. Many musical examples are given. Includes a general index.
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Clark, J. Bunker. American Music 7 (Winter 1989): 465.http://www.jstor.org/stable/3051917
Beckwith, John. Canadian University Music Review 9, no. 2 (1989): 138. -
BYU Mus Ref
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1156