Frank Hoffmann

Broschiertes Buch

American Popular Music: Rhythm & Blues, Rap, and Hip-Hop

Beschreibung

Influenced by the blues as well as West African and African-American sounds, rhythm and blues, rap, and hip-hop have become popular and influential forms of music around the world. This work explores the characteristics and importance of each of these types of music and its history and evolution. It also includes 52 photographs, and a glossary.

Autor

Frank Hoffmann is a professor of library science at Sam Houston State University. He has worked as a disc jockey, record reviewer, and music features writer. He has written three dozen books and recently edited the two-volume Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound. Albin J. Zak, III, Ph.D., earned a doctorate in musicology from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and is currently chair of the music department at University at Albany (SUNY). His publications include The Velvet Underground Companion and The Poetics of Rock: Cutting Tracks, Making Records.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Checkmark Books
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 187mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 624g
• ISBN-13: 9780816073412
• ISBN-10: 0816073414
• Artikelnr.: 23044926