Music in American Life
Music in American Life is a longstanding series, from the University of Illinois Press, that embodies the twin goals of documenting the place of music in American culture and the cultural life that gives rise to particular musical forms. Encompassing the broadest range of music, from classical through all forms of American vernacular music, the series welcomes a variety of approaches to the topic of music in American life, including monographs, biographies, memoirs, reference books, readers, and edited collections. The list below is not complete. Note that the dates given may not be the original publication date. |
 Discoursing Sweet Music: Brass Bands and Community Life in Turn-of-the-Century Pennsylvania, Kenneth Kreitner, 1989
Pickin' on Peachtree: A History of Country Music in Atlanta, Georgia, Wayne W. Daniel, 1990
The Crooked Stovepipe: Athapaskan Fiddle Music and Square Dancing in Northeast Alaska and Northwest Canada, Craig Mishler, 1993
Barrio Rhythm: Mexican American Music in Los Angeles, Steven Loza, 1993
'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream: The Image of Ireland and the Irish in American Popular Song Lyrics, 1800-1920, William H. A. Williams, 1996
Pistol Packin' Mama: Aunt Molly Jackson and the Politics of Folksong, Shelly Romalis, 1998
Alice Tully: An Intimate Portrait, Albert Fuller, 1999
Aaron Copland: The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man, Howard Pollack, 2000
Louis Prima, Garry Boulard, 2002
Bound for America: Three British Composers, Nicholas Temperley, 2003
The Bluegrass Reader, Thomas Goldsmith (Ed), 2004
That Toddlin' Town: Chicago's White Dance Bands and Orchestras, 1900-1950, Charles A. Sengstock, Jr., 2004
Come Hither to Go Yonder: Playing Bluegrass with Bill Monroe, Bob Black, 2005
American Opera, Elise K. Kirk, 2005
The Bill Monroe Reader, Tom Ewing (Ed), 2006
Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians, Virginia Waring, 2007
Gone To The Country: The New Lost City Ramblers & The Folk Music Revival, Ray Allen, 2010
Crowe On The Banjo: The Music Life of J.D. Crowe, Marty Godbey, 2011
Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music, John Caps, 2012
Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins, Diane Diekman, 2012
Then Sings My Soul: The Culture of Southern Gospel Music, Douglas Harrison, 2012
Last updated August 2007 |