POPULAR MUSIC STUDIES //

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias

Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World John Shepherd, et al., editors. 7 vols. Continuum, 2003-05.
REF ML102 .P831C6 2003
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 4th ed. Colin Larkin, editor. 10 vols. MUZE, 2006.
REF ML102 .P831E6 2006
Caribbean Popular Music: An Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall David V. Moskowitz. Greenwood Press, 2006.
REF ML102 .P831M67 2006
Key Concepts in Popular Music Roy Shulker. Routledge, 1998.
REF ML102 .P831S4 1998
The Encyclopedia of Pop, Rock, & Soul Irwin Stambler. St. Martin’s Press, 1989.
REF ML 102 .P831S7 1989

Sociology of Popular Music

Metal, Rock and Jazz: Perception and the Phenomenology of Musical Experience Harris M. Berger. Wesleyan University Press, 1999.
ML3838 .B475 1999
Music in Everyday Life Tia DeNora. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
ML3916 .D45M8 2000
Rebel Musics: Human Rights, Resistant Sounds, and the Politics of Music Making Daniel Fischlin. Cambridge University Press, 2000.
ML3916 .R43 2003
Music Grooves: Essays and Dialogues Charles Keil and Steven Feld. University of Chicago Press, 1994.
ML60 .K45M8 1994
33 Revolutions Per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, from Billie Holiday to Green Day Dorian Lynskey. Ecco, 2011.
ML3780 .L967 2011
Music Scenes: Local, Translocal, and Virtual Andy Bennett and Richard Peterson, editors. Vanderbilt University Press, 2004.
ML3470 .M87B4 2004
Popular Music: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies Simon Frith, editors. 4 vols. London: Routledge, 2004.
ML3470 .P634F7 2004

Popular Music Analysis

Analyzing Popular Music Allan Moore, editor. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
MT146 .A52M6 2003
The Ashgate Research Companion to Popular Musicology Derek B. Scott, editor. Ashgate, 2009.
ML3470 .A754 2009
Concert Music, Rock, and Jazz Since 1945: Essays and Analytical Studies Betsy Marvin and Richard Hermann, editors. University of Rochester Press, 1995.
ML197 .C66 1995
Listening to Classic American Popular Songs Allen Forte. Yale University Press, 2001.
ML3477 .F67L5 2001
Voicing the Popular: On the Subjects of Popular Music Richard Middleton. Routledge, 2006.
ML3470 .M534 2006
Origins of the Popular Style: The Antecedents of Twentieth-Century Popular Music Peter van der Merwe. Oxford University Press, 1989.
ML3470 .V36O6 1989

The Global Popular Music Industry

The Global Jukebox: The International Music Industry Robert Burnett. Routledge, 1996.
ML3790 .B87G5 1996
Global Noise: Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA Tony Mitchell, editor. Wesleyan University Press, 2001.
ML3531 .G562 2001
Little Labels, Big Sound: Small Record Companies and the Rise of American Music Rick Kennedy. Indiana University Press, 1999.
ML3792 .K46L5 1999
Global Pop: World Music, World Markets Timothy Taylor. Routledge, 1997.
ML3470 .T39G5 1997
Big Sounds from Small Peoples: The Music Industry in Small Countries Roger Wallis. Constable, 1984.
REF ML3790 .W254 1984

United States Popular Music--Reference Sources (Selected)

Out of Sight: The Rise of African-American Popular Music 1889-1895 Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff. University of Mississippi Press, [2003], c2002.
REF ML3479 .A23 2003x
Popular Music 1900-1919: An Annotated Guide to American Popular Song Barbara Cohen-Stratyner. Gale Research, 1988.
REF ML120 .U58S3 1900-19
Facts Behind the Songs: A Handbook of American Popular Music from the Nineties to the ‘90s Marvin Paymer, editor. Garland, 1993.
REF ML102 .P831F2 1993
Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song David Jasen. Routledge, 2003.
REF ML102 .P831J3 2003
Deac Martin’s Book of Musical Americana Deac (C.T.) Martin. Prentice Hall, 1970.
REF ML3551 .M36D4 1970
Popular Music 1920-1979: A Revised Cumulation Nat Shapiro and Bruce Pollack. 3 vols. Gale Research, 1985.
REF ML120 .U58S3 1920-79
The Unsung Songwriters: America’s Masters of Melodies Warren Vaché. Scarecrow Press, 2000.
REF ML390 .V33U5 2000
American Popular Song: The Great Innovators 1900-1950 Alec Wilder. Oxford University Press, 1972.
REF ML3477 .W5A6 1972

National Case Studies (Selected)

America’s Musical Pulse: Popular Music in Twentieth-Century Society Kenneth Bindas, editor. Praeger, 1992.
ML3477 .A54 1992
Island of Eight Million Smiles: Idol Performance and Symbolic Production in Contemporary Japan Hiroshi Aoyagi. Harvard University Press, 2005.
ML3501 .A59I8 2005
Brazilian Music: Northeastern Traditions and the Heartbeat of a Modern Nation Larry Cook. ABC-CLIO, 2005.
ML3487 .B7C76 2005
The Voice of Egypt: Umm Kulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century Virginia Danielson. University of Chicago Press, 1997.
ML420 .U56 1997
Chanson: The French Singer-Songwriter from Aristide Bruant to the Present Day Peter Hawkins. Ashgate, 2000.
ML3489 .H39C4 2000
Audiotopia: Music, Race, and America Josh Kun. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005.
ML 3470 .K85A9 2005
Muslim Women Sing: Hausa Popular Song Beverly Mack. Indiana University Press, 2004.
ML3503 .N6M33 2004
From Pop to Punk to Postmodernism: Popular Music and Australian Culture from the 1960s to the 1990s Philip Hayward, editor. Allen & Unwin, 1992.
ML3504 .F7H3 1992
Music for the People: Popular Music and Dance in Interwar Britain James Nott. Oxford University Press, 2002.
ML3650.5 .N67 2002
Retuning Culture: Musical Changes in Central and Eastern Europe Mark Slobin, editor. Duke University Press, 1996.
ML240.5 .R47 1996
Men and Popular Music in Algeria: The Social Significance of Raï Marc Schade-Poulsen. University of Texas Press, 1999.
ML3503 .A43S3 1999
Music, Race, & Nation: Música Tropical in Colombia Peter Wade. University of Chicago Press, 2000.
ML3487 .C7W3 2000
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