Music in the age of anxiety: American music in the fifties

Music historian James Wierzbicki sheds light on how the fifties' pervasive moods affected its sounds. Moving across genres established - pop, country, opera - and transfigured - experimental, rock, jazz - he delves into the social dynamics that caused forms to emerge or recede, thrive or fade a...

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Main Author: Wierzbicki, James Eugene (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana University of Illinois Press 2017
Series:Music in American life
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:Music historian James Wierzbicki sheds light on how the fifties' pervasive moods affected its sounds. Moving across genres established - pop, country, opera - and transfigured - experimental, rock, jazz - he delves into the social dynamics that caused forms to emerge or recede, thrive or fade away
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2016
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
Audience:Specialized
ISBN:9780252098277
DOI:10.5406/illinois/9780252040078.001.0001

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