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[James Wierzbicki] ☆ Music in the Age of Anxiety: American Music in the Fifties (Music in American Life) ✓ Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Music in the Age of Anxiety: American Music in the Fifties (Music in American Life) Excellent contextualization of 50s American music Earl Music in the Age of Anxiety by James E. Wierzbicki does a great job of placing the American music of the 1950's in historical and sociological context. He mentions that for him the 50s were simply the time when he grew up, so he brings that perspective to the analysis of what role the various music played as well as why. A writer significantly younger might have been unconsciously i. Steve Ramm said More of a textbook than an “easy rea
| Title | : | Music in the Age of Anxiety: American Music in the Fifties (Music in American Life) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.84 (942 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0252081560 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-18 |
| Language | : | English |
Excellent contextualization of 50s American music Earl Music in the Age of Anxiety by James E. Wierzbicki does a great job of placing the American music of the 1950's in historical and sociological context. He mentions that for him the 50s were simply the time when he grew up, so he brings that perspective to the analysis of what role the various music played as well as why. A writer significantly younger might have been unconsciously i. Steve Ramm said More of a textbook than an “easy read” (with "More of a textbook than an “easy read” (with 25% of the pages as “footnotes”)" according to Steve Ramm. The post-Korean War years in America, were prosperous for many Americans buying new houses in suburbia and vets going to college on the GI Bill. This was the beginning of the birth of Rock and Roll, free-form and bebop jazz and on Broadway and in Hollywood, musicals were all the rage. But this was also the time of the McCarthy hearings, the Red Scare and “duck and cover”. 5% of the pages as “footnotes”). The post-Korean War years in America, were prosperous for many Americans buying new houses in suburbia and vets going to college on the GI Bill. This was the beginning of the birth of Rock and Roll, free-form and bebop jazz and on Broadway and in Hollywood, musicals were all the rage. But this was also the time of the McCarthy hearings, the Red Scare and “duck and cover”. "oew te Beatles Klled Rock and oll was better" according to Dennis Anderson. I'll get around to it eventually.
Prosperity existed under the shadow of a mushroom cloud. Yet Wierzbicki also reveals the host of underlying connections linking that most apprehensive of times to our own uneasy present.. Derided for its conformity and consumerism, 1950s America paid a price in anxiety. Red scares and white flight, sexual politics and racial tensions, technological progress and demographic upheaval--the influence of each rooted the music of this volatile period to its specific place and time. But even dread could not quell the revolutionary changes taking place in virtually every form of mainstream music. Moving across genres established--pop, country, opera--and transfigured--experimental, rock, jazz--Wierzbicki delves into the social dynamics that caused forms to emerge or recede, thrive or fade away. Music historian James Wierzbicki sheds light on how the Fifties' pervasive moods affected its sounds. Optimism wore a Bucky Beaver smile that m
Recommended."--Library Journal . Music in the Age of Anxiety offers an engaging, lively, and thought-provoking examination of a diverse range of musical styles prevalent in 1950s America. This fascinating book is accessible for students and general readers, even as Wierzbicki offers new insights that will be of interest to specialists as well.--Gayle Sherwood Magee, author of Charles Ives Reconsidered "Wierzbicki takes on the difficult task of linking all musical genres from 1945 to 1960 to the neurosis of the era… The author successfully demonstrates the impact
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