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Music of the Postwar Era
Don Tyler
ISBN: 0-313-34191-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34191-5
300 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 11/30/2007
List Price: $59.95 (UK Sterling Price: £41.95)
Discount Price: $29.98 Sale Price for U.S. Customers Only. Save 50%. Ends 12/31/2009.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • This work is very user friendly, very well researched, and provides coverage of a pivotal era in American histroy.
    —American Reference Books Annual     6/30/1905
  • Lower-division undergraduates, general readers, and the occasional nonmusic researcher.
    —Choice     4/1/2008
Description: At the end of WWII, themes in music shifted from soldiers' experiences at war to coming home, marrying their sweethearts, and returning to civilian life. The music itself also shifted, with crooners such as Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra replacing the Big Bands of years past. Country music, jazz, and gospel continued to evolve, and rhythm and blues and the new rock and roll were also popular during this time. Music is not created without being influenced by the political events and societal changes of its time, and the Music of the Postwar Era is no exception.

*includes combined musical charts for the years 1945-1959 *approximately 20 black and white images of the singers and musicians who represent the era's music
About the Author: Don Tyler is a retired music professor from Central Florida Community College in Ocala, FL. He has over two dozen choral compositions and/or arrangements published by various publishing companies and is the author of Hit Parade 1920-1955, an Encyclopedia of the Top Songs of the Jazz, Depression, Swing and Sing Eras and Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era.
PDF Catalogs:
Greenwood Spring Reference 2008.pdf
Greenwood School and Public Library Reference Spring 2008.pdf
Pop Culture Spring 2008.pdf
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