Malcolm Hayes
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the influence of people and events worldwide after World War I which led to a renewal of folk and national music, neo-classicism, the popularization of jazz, and political repression of musicians under communist and fascist regimes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the influence of people and events worldwide when music served as World War II propaganda even as it blossomed into Broadway and Hollywood musicals, big bands, and bebop, then evolved into rock and roll.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the influence of people and events worldwide in the 1960s which led to electronic experimentation, the blues, hard bop, protest songs, soul, and radical modernism in classical music.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the influence of people and events worldwide in the late twentieth century which led to crossover between musical genres, stadium rock fund-raisers, hip-hop, rap, and the rise of world music.
5) 1970s
Author
Series
Publisher
G. Stevens
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the influence of people and events worldwide in the 1970s which led to developments in minimalism, modern opera and ballet, jazz-rock fusion, heavy metal, progressive rock, punk, and reggae.
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the influence of people and events worldwide in the first decades of the twentieth century which led to experiments with dissonance, modern ballet, and the birth of jazz.
Publisher
New York
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Produced in association with the Smithsonian and including images from The National Music Museum in South Dakota, Music: The Definitive Visual History guides readers through the progression of music since its prehistoric beginnings, discussing not just Western classical music, but music from all around the world. Profiles the lives of groundbreaking musicians from Mozart to Elvis, takes an in-depth look at the history and function of various instruments,...