Popular Music

by Todd Smith

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Welcome to the digital textbook for Survey of Popular Music. This text consists of a broad overview, covering many genres of popular music from the 19th century to the present.

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Publisher
Western Washington University
Subjects
Humanities
Licence
CC BY 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Image Attributions
  6. Licensing
  7. Readings
  8. 1.1: Defining Popular Music and Stephen Foster
  9. 1.2: Early Popular Music Styles in America
  10. 1.3: The Blues
  11. 1.4: Gospel Music and Country Music
  12. 1.5: Urban Blues
  13. 1.6: A Changing Nation- Rhythm and Blues
  14. 1.7: Rock and Roll
  15. 1.8: Teen Idols and Surf
  16. 1.9: Soul Music
  17. 1.10: The Beatles
  18. 1.11: British Invasion
  19. 1.12: American Folk Music
  20. 1.13: Psychedelic Music and the 1960s
  21. 1.14: Country Rock, Southern Rock and Jazz Rock
  22. 1.15: Hard Rock and Heavy Metal
  23. 1.16: Progressive Rock
  24. 1.17: Punk, New Wave, Reggae, and Ska
  25. 1.18: Funk and Disco
  26. 1.19: Hip Hop
  27. 1.20: MTV and the 1980s
  28. 1.21: Alternative Rock
  29. 1.22: 1990s and Early Electronic Music
  30. 1.23: African Popular Music
  31. 1.24: European Folk and Popular Music of South and Central America
  32. 1.25: Asian Popular Music- Special Focus on Japan and India
  33. Back Matter
  34. References
  35. Index
  36. Detailed Licensing