Friday, March 24, 2017

Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings, Fourth Edition, Volume 1: Popular Music


Music Library Association (compiler). Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings. Fourth Edition, Volume 1: Popular Music. American Library Association, 2017. ISBN: 978-0-8389-1039-9

Description

The Music Library Association has completely revamped this classic work, dividing the 4th edition into 3 volumes. This first volume covers popular music in the following genres:
  • Music of Colonial North America and the United States to about 1900
  • Blues
  • Jazz
  • Mainstream Popular and New Age
  • Country and Western
  • Rock
  • Rhythm and Blues and Soul
  • Rap and Hip-Hop
  • Gospel Music and Other Popular Christian Music
  • Children’s Music
  • Holidays, Special Occasions, Patriotic Music, and Miscellaneous