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Publisher
Dancetime Publications
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A presentation of the history of popular dance forms. This first of two segments features dance forms, period costumes and dance music from the 15th through 19th centuries from the courts of Italy, France, England and the grand ballrooms of America.
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
This book shows for the first time the profound and transformative influence of American literature, music, and mythology on European music. Although the impact of European tradition on American composers is widely acknowledged, Jack Sullivan demonstrates that an even more powerful musical current has flowed from the New World to the Old. The spread of rock and roll around the world, the author contends, is only the latest chapter in a cross-cultural...