Classic American Popular Song: The Second Half-Century, 1950-2000

by David Jenness (Author), David Jenness (Author), Don Velsey (Contributor)

New
Illustrated
2015
$60.54

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

$60.54

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 408
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 09 Dec 2015
ISBN 10: 1138970867
ISBN 13: 9781138970861

Media Reviews

An excellent and much-needed contribution to the literature of American popular song.
-Phil Furia, University of North Carolina, author of The Poets of Tin Pan Alley.

Author Bio

David Jenness has performed as a pianist and singer, has been a music critic, and was president of the Kodaly Institute. As a historian of education, he is the author of Making Sense of Social Studies, among other works. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Donald Velsey is an architect by profession, and an amateur music historian. Beginning as a student at Yale and continuing thereafter, he has collected over 4000 American popular songs, many of them unpublished. He lives in Washington, DC.