Songbooks: The Literature of American Popular Music

by Eric Weisbard

In Songbooks, critic and scholar Eric Weisbard offers a critical guide to books on American popular music from William Billings's 1770 New-England Psalm-Singer to Jay-Z's 2010 memoir Decoded. Drawing on his background editing the Village Voice music section, coediting the Journal of Popular Music Studies, and organizing the Pop Conference, Weisbard connects American music writing from memoirs, biographies, and song...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478011947
• ISBN13: 9781478011941
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 1.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"