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- catalog abstract "The New Grove Dictionary of American Music is the most comprehensive and enlightening history of America's musical heritage ever published. American Grove is focused solely on the unique styles and traditions of American music. It covers popular musical forms such as country, rock, pop, soul, folk, blues, jazz, bluegrass, and big band. It explores America's vibrant classical heritage--from colonial times to John Cage--and also provides substantial articles on the traditional music of diverse cultures such as Native Americans, Jewish Americans, and Islamic Americans. The Dictionary investigates the social, cultural, and historical forces that shaped our distinctive musical identity--from the Civil War to the impact of pop culture ... the rise of technology to the plurality of religions ... from the supremacy of film to the evolution of the civil rights movement. The New Grove Dictionary of American Music includes: 3,500 biographies of significant composers, performers, singer-songwriters, impresarios, conductors, writers, producers, publishers and patrons--including foreign-born musicians who settled in America, Entries on American cities as diverse as Miami, New Orleans, Nashville, Los Angeles, and Anchorage, Wide-ranging survey articles on specialized forms of music including patriotic music, film music, vaudeville, and early music revival, Ground-breaking articles on general topics such as copyright, broadcasting, music therapy, and education, Comprehensive listings of music libraries, societies, institutions, periodicals, discographies, festivals, and awards.--Publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b470993.
- catalog contributor b470994.
- catalog created "1986.".
- catalog date "1986".
- catalog date "1986.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1986.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographies.".
- catalog description "The New Grove Dictionary of American Music is the most comprehensive and enlightening history of America's musical heritage ever published. American Grove is focused solely on the unique styles and traditions of American music. It covers popular musical forms such as country, rock, pop, soul, folk, blues, jazz, bluegrass, and big band. It explores America's vibrant classical heritage--from colonial times to John Cage--and also provides substantial articles on the traditional music of diverse cultures such as Native Americans, Jewish Americans, and Islamic Americans. The Dictionary investigates the social, cultural, and historical forces that shaped our distinctive musical identity--from the Civil War to the impact of pop culture ... the rise of technology to the plurality of religions ... from the supremacy of film to the evolution of the civil rights movement. The New Grove Dictionary of American Music includes: 3,500 biographies of significant composers, performers, singer-songwriters, impresarios, conductors, writers, producers, publishers and patrons--including foreign-born musicians who settled in America, Entries on American cities as diverse as Miami, New Orleans, Nashville, Los Angeles, and Anchorage, Wide-ranging survey articles on specialized forms of music including patriotic music, film music, vaudeville, and early music revival, Ground-breaking articles on general topics such as copyright, broadcasting, music therapy, and education, Comprehensive listings of music libraries, societies, institutions, periodicals, discographies, festivals, and awards.--Publisher description.".
- catalog description "v. 1. A-D -- v. 2. E-K -- v. 3. L-Q -- v. 4. R-Z.".
- catalog extent "4 v. :".
- catalog hasFormat "New Grove dictionary of American music.".
- catalog identifier "0333378792".
- catalog identifier "0943818362 (set) :".
- catalog isFormatOf "New Grove dictionary of American music.".
- catalog issued "1986".
- catalog issued "1986.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music,".
- catalog relation "New Grove dictionary of American music.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "781.773/03/21 19".
- catalog subject "ML101.U6 N48 1986".
- catalog subject "Music United States Bio-bibliography.".
- catalog subject "Music United States Dictionaries.".
- catalog subject "Music United States Encyclopedias.".
- catalog tableOfContents "v. 1. A-D -- v. 2. E-K -- v. 3. L-Q -- v. 4. R-Z.".
- catalog title "The New Grove dictionary of American music / edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie.".
- catalog type "Bio-bibliography. fast".
- catalog type "Encyclopedias. fast".
- catalog type "text".