TAMU Press, Date: 2005-09-09. Paperback. Good. 2005. TAMU Press ISBN 1585444928 9781585444922 [US]

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Paperback / softback. New. Celebrates the diverse sources of the music and the musical traditions of Texas and the American Southwest. The genres included in this anthology provide an introduction to the classes, cultures, races, and ethnic groups of Texas, and highlight the ways in which the state's musical wealth has influenced the listening habits of the nation. ISBN 1585444928 9781585444922 [GB]

ISBN10: 1585444928, ISBN13: 9781585444922, [publisher: Texas A&M University Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The music of Texas and the American Southwest is as diverse and distinctive as the many different groups who have lived in the region over the past several centuries,' writes Gary Hartman in his introduction to this refreshingly different look at various genres of Texas music. Roots of Texas Music celebrates the diverse sources of the music of the Lone Star State by gathering chapters by specialists on each of them-specialists whose views may not have dominated the perception of Texas music to date.Editor Lawrence Clayton conceived this project as one that would not simply repeat the common wisdom about Texas music traditions, but rather would offer new perspectives. He therefore called on contributors whose work had been well-grounded but not necessarily widely published. The result is a lively, captivating, and original look at the musical traditions of Texas Germans and Czechs, black Creoles and Chicanos, and blues and gospel singers.Hartman's introduction places these repertoires within the larger picture of one of the most fertile musical seedbeds the nation knows. The diverse genres included in the anthology also provide an introduction to the classes, cultures, races, and ethnic groups of Texas and highlight the ways in which the state's musical wealth has influenced the listening ...
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