Historical Dictionary of Popular Music

The Historical Dictionary of Popular Music contains a chronology, an introduction, an appendix, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on major figures across genres, definitions of genres, technical innovations and surveys of countries and regions.

List of contents

Editor's Foreword (Jon Woronoff)
Preface
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendices
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Norman Abjorensen is a political historian who formerly taught at The Australian National University, Canberra. He has also taught at universities in Japan, the People’s Republic of China, and the Philippines, and for several years has contributed to the Varieties of Democracy project at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, as a country expert. He is co-author (with James Docherty) of the Historical Dictionary of Australia (4th ed.), and the author of several books on Australian politics, including an assessment of democracy and a study of the Australian prime ministership.

Summary

The Historical Dictionary of Popular Music contains a chronology, an introduction, an appendix, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on major figures across genres, definitions of genres, technical innovations and surveys of countries and regions.

Product details

• Authors: Abjorensen, Norman Abjorensen, Abjorensen Norman
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781538102145
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-0214-5
• No. of pages: 694
• Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts; Historical Dictionaries of Lit; Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts; Historical Dictionaries of Lit
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music history; MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Reference, Easy listening, Reference works, Music reviews & criticism, Popular Music, Music reviews and criticism, Popular music, easy listening