The New Grove Dictionary of American Music

This authoritative reference covers all genres of American music--including jazz, country, rock, and blues--and offers in-depth biographies of leading composers, singers, bands, orchestras, and conductors. Over 700 photographs are included.

Available editions of The New Grove Dictionary of American Music

	9780943818368, Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr, 1986 $64.95 (Very Good ) Other copies of 9780943818368

Publisher Notes

This classic reference work has won numerous awards in the United States for its in-depth research into American music. The musical traditions of America are captured in these four volumes, with all the authority and scholarly insight that is the hallmark of Grove's Dictionaries.

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"Full and expert coverage of every aspect of musical life in America."

Excerpt

In the sense we use it here, it comprehends first of all the music made in the United States, by Americans; more ambiguous is the situation regarding music written by foreign composers who retain their national identity while living in the USA. Analogous to them are conductors, singers, and instrumentalists who settle in the United States or pay it prolonged visits. The other side of that coin is the American musician who makes his or her career abroad, and often settles there. In the former cases, we have had to weigh the importance of such visitors to the United States in terms of their contributions to the musical life of the country and include them (or not) in the dictionary accordingly. Americans abroad remain Americans, and likewise have a claim to consideration in our pages. If we have erred, we hope it is on the side of inclusiveness.

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