A history of American music, its diversity, and the cultural influences that helped it develop.

"This book reflects a breakthrough in American music studies, an unrecognized field among traditional musicologists until the past few decades, during which eno

Beginning with the emergence of commercial American music in the nineteenth century, Volume 1 includes essays on the major performers, composers, media, and mov

In Rethinking American Music, Tara Browner and Thomas L. Riis curate essays that offer an eclectic survey of current music scholarship. Ranging from Tin Pan All