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Bluegrass : a history / Neil V. Rosenberg.

Title
Bluegrass : a history / Neil V. Rosenberg.
Author
Rosenberg, Neil V.
Publication
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2005.

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Description
xvi, 447 p., [40] p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Music in American life
Uniform Title
Music in American life.
Subject
Bluegrass music > History and criticism
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Note
  • Originally published in 1985. With new preface.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes discography: p. [406]-420.
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-405) and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Hillbilly music and the Monroe Brothers -- No one was calling it bluegrass: Bill Monroe, 1938-45 -- From sound to genre: 1946-49 -- Naming the genre: 1950-57 -- Bluegrass breaks away: 1957-60 -- In and out with the folk revival: 1961-65 -- The first festival and bluegrass consumers: 1965-66 -- The old-time element: religion and fiddle music -- Image and stereotype: bluegrass sound tracks, 1961-72 -- Festivals get big: 1966-73 -- But is it bluegrass? the bands, 1967-74 -- Books, records, believers: bluegrass today.
ISBN
0252072456
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library