American Musicians Making History

By Donna B. Levene

This collection of lessons emphasizes using primary sources, such as digitized sheet music and sound recordings, contemporary accounts, and photographs, to illustrate how American music reflects and influences the social and political history of a time period. Topics include: Minstrels Songs of Abolition Spirituals Blues Ragtime Musical Theatre Jazz Country Music Folk Music Classical Music

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563089505
• ISBN13: 9781563089503
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.2"