Music History and Appreciation Books

The most familiar entertainment icons and storylines from the 1950s and 60s remain potent signs that continue to resonate within contemporary American society and culture. Both the political Left and Right

The nine ethnomusicologists who contributed to this volume present a diverse range of views, approaches, and methodologies that address indigenous peoples, immigrants, and marginalized communities.

Comprehensive history of western choral music from Romanticism through the avant-garde of the late twentieth century. Unique in its detailed analysis and breadth of Western choral music and key composers.

This anthology explores the various genres, key composers, and influential works essential to the development of the western choral tradition.  Chester L. Alwes divides this exploration into two

Eleven articles examine the relationship between space and music from the points of view of psychology, analysis, music therapy, dance, classical music, jazz music, and pop music. With a preface, notes, and

This universally acclaimed and award-winning book is an authoritative survey of the traditions of Western music by one of the most prominent and provocative musicologists of our time. The main five volumes

Protest music is largely perceived as an unsubtle art form, a brand of songwriting that preaches to the converted. But popular music of all types has long given listeners food for thought. Fifty years