Alec Wilder
American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950
American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950
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Alec Wilder's American Popular Song, first published in 1962, is a classic and essential reading for musicians, lovers of American Song, and fans of Alec Wilder. In a 50th-anniversary edition, popular music scholar Robert Rawlins has updated the book to lead sheet notation with lyrics and added more than sixty music examples. The original edition's inventive use of language remains unchanged, and footnotes have been provided to clarify, elucidate, and correct. A new chapter has been added discussing fifty-three songs by numerous composers that Wilder might have well included but was not able to.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 576 pages
Publication date: 01 April 2022
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Wonderful--The New York Times.
Provocative, opinionated, and never dull--Down Beat.
A singular book.--Studs Terkel.
When it was first published, Alec Wilder's American Popular Song quickly became a classic, and today it remains essential reading for countless musicians, lovers of American Song, and fans of Alec Wilder.
Now, in a 50th anniversary edition, popular music scholar Robert Rawlins brings the book fully up-to-date for the 21st century.
Whereas previous editions featured only piano scores, the format has been changed to lead sheet notation with lyrics, making it accessible to a wider readership.
Rawlins has also added more than sixty music examples to help complete the chapter on Irving Berlin.
One of the most fascinating features of the original edition was Wilder's inventive use of language, often revealing his strong and sometimes irreverent opinions.
Wilder's prose remains relatively unaltered, but footnotes have been provided that clarify, elucidate, and even correct.
Moreover, a new chapter has been added, discussing fifty-three songs by numerous composers that Wilder might have well included but was not able to.
Songs by Ann Ronnell, Fats Waller, Jule Styne, and many others are capped off with an examination of ten of Wilder's own songs.
Dimension: 235 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780190939953
Edition number: 3 Revised edition
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