TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 The Aesthetics of Music
Traditional Philosophy
A New Philosophy
Other Cultures
Intercultural Cantometrics
Musical Taste
Chapter 2 Utility to Recreation to History: Folk to Pop to Art
Sports
The Arts
Art Categories and Terms
Folk to Pop to Art
Poverty to Middle Class to Upper Class
Art Is Time-Place-Culture Specific
Chapter 3 Colonial Times
Sacred Music
Secular Music
Chapter 4 European-American Traditions
Anglo-Saxon Popular Music
Anglo-Celtic Folk Music
Chapter 5 African-American Traditions
General Conditions in America
Religious Music
Folk Music
African-American Dance Traditions
Chapter 6 The Concert Circuit
Conductors
Instrumentalists
Vocalists
Vocal Ensembles
Chapter 7 Tin Pan Alley
Early Composers
Tin Pan Alley
The Mighty Five
Song Plugging Techniques
Early Payola
Chapter 8 Early Theater Music
Vaudeville
Burlesque
Extravaganza
Minstrel Show
Operetta
Musicals
Chapter 9 Popular Song Types and Forms
Song Types
Structural Design (Form) In Pop Songs
Chapter 10 The Stage Musical
Show Boat
The Classic Musical Comedy
Porgy and Bess
The Age of Great Standards
Other Developments
Broadway From the 1960s Through the Present
Chapter 11 The Film Musical
Categories
Dubbing
Differences Between Stage and Film Musicals
Important Figures in Film Musicals
Vocalists
Busby Berkeley
Chapter 12 The Blues
Blues As A Psychoemotional State
Blues As A Musical Form
Blues As A Musical Culture
Authentic Blues
Pop-Commercial Blues
Chapter 13 Ragtime and Stride Piano
Pianist-Composers
Dancing
Stride-Pianists
Especially Influential Pioneers
Chapter 14 The Age of Dixieland
Sociocultural Background
Important Soloists
The New Orleans Style
The Chicago Style
Chapter 15 The Big Bands
Society Syncopators
Big Bands
Why 1930 to 1945?
Chapter 16 Pop Music Goes to World War II
Song Types
Stage Musicals
Film Musicals
Tours
Chapter 17 The Golden Days of Traditional Pop Singing
The Repertoire
The Tradition
Fifty Years of Pop Singers
Pop Groups
The Hit Parade
Chapter 18 Early Country Music
Recordings
Network Radio
Chapter 19 The Western Influence in Country Music
The Singing Cowboy
Western Swing
A Word About Style Changes
Mountain Music Returns
Radio Programs
Country Humor
Chapter 20 Country Music Moves Uptown
Truckers and Radio
Major Personalities
Bluegrass
Two Influential Personalities
Chapter 21 The Be-bop Revolution
Socioeconomic Causes
Musical Results
The Big Three Pioneers
Distinct Styles
Chapter 22 Rhythm and Blues
Population Shifts
Black Pride
New Black Purchasing Power
Technological Advances
Economic Changes in the Music Business
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York-New Jeresey
Elsewhere
The Formation of BMI
Top 40 Radio
Major Personalities
Chapter 23 The Birth of Rock and Roll
Disc Jockeys
Rock and Roll Pioneers
Chapter 24 Ownership and Control
Copyright
Performance Rights Organizations
Mechanical Rights
Synchronization Rights
Video Rights
Holographic Rights
Chapter 25 The Expansion and Mutation of Rock and Roll
New York
Songwriting Teams
The Folk Protest Movement
Dancing
Chapter 26 More Expansion and Mutation of Rock and Roll
Los Angeles
Detroit
Motown’s Stars
Business Matters
Chapter 27 The British Invasion
The Rockers
The Mods
America In the Early 1960s
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Other British Groups
Chapter 28 Psychedelic Rock
The Beatniks
Hepcats, Hipsters, and Hippies
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Elsewhere
Chapter 29 The Fusion of Jazz and Rock
Rock-Oriented Fusion
Jazz-Oriented Fusion
The Father of Fusion
New Age
Chapter 30 Funk and Freeform Jazz
Free-Form Jazz
The Funky School
A Third Option
Chapter 31 Hard Rock
Why the Late 1960s?
Notable Hard Rock Groups
Progressive Rock
Heavy Metal
Music-Driven Heavy Metal
Drama-Driven Heavy Metal
Subschools of Heavy Metal
Chapter 32 Disco
Chapter 33 Reggae
Mento
Ska
Rocksteady
Reggae
Chapter 34 Punk
American Punk
British Punk
Chapter 35 The Influence of MTV
The History of Music Videos
The Advent of MTV
Early Videos
Michael Jackson
Prince
U2
Yo! MTV Raps
Videos of the Late 1990s Through Today
Chapter 36 New Wave
Band-Aid and Live Aid
New Romantics
New Wave Alternative or Post-Punk
Power Pop
Chapter 37 Alternative Rock
R.E.M.
Other Alternative Forces
Grunge
The Writing on the Wall
Chapter 38 The Roots of Rap
Musical Roots of Rap
Social and Political Roots of Rap
Pioneers of Rap
Rap Artists Who Moved Into Other Areas of Entertainment
Chapter 39 Salsa
Tipica
Salsa Jazz
The Salsa Industry
Epilogue
Bibliography