Origins of the Popular Style: The Antecedents of Twentieth-Century Popular Music

by Peter Van Der Merwe and Der Merwe Van

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Here, for the first time, is a book which analyses popular music from a musical, as opposed to a sociological, biographical, or political point of view. Peter van der Merwe has made an extensive survey of Western popular music in all its forms - blues, ragtime, music hall, waltzes, marches, parlour ballads, folk music - uncovering the common musical language which unites these disparate styles. The book examines the split between 'classical' and 'popular'...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0198163053

ISBN13:9780198163053

Release Date:August 1992

Publisher:OUP Oxford

Length:366 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 9.5"

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Arts, Music & Photography Education & Reference Foreign Language Foreign Language Dictionaries & Thesauruses Foreign Language Study & Reference Foreign Languages History & Criticism Language Arts Music Musical Genres

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