A Century of Pop: A Hundred Years of Music That Changed the World
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ISBN: 1556523386 / Publisher: Chicago Review Pr, November 1998
Offers historical information on the instruments, composers, artists, groups, and types of music for the past century
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Pop music didn't start with Elvis - or Frank Sinatra, for that matter. A Century Of Pop traces its development from its geographical and ethnic roots to examine how all types of music have come together in strange new ways to shape today's sounds. Illustrated with more than 500 pictures and a wealth of archival material, the cross-referenced entries in this book cover more than 150 musical genres, singers, and styles - from Victorian hymns and West African drum rhythms, through light opera, vaudeville songs, Latin American dance music, country, blues, and rock 'n' roll, to the techno-driven pop music of the moment.
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