Morris, Berenice Robinson

Traces the changes in American music from 1900 to the present and discusses many of the outstanding composers and performers.

A brief look at the music of nineteenth-century America showing how it reflects the history of a growing nation.

Describes the influence of the varied life patterns of early America upon the development of popular and patriotic music, slave songs, ballads, etc. Covers the first days of settlement to the early 1800's.