Publisher's Synopsis
Prepared by the Music Library Association, with thousands of records selected by experts in dozens of specialized and popular areas of music, A Basic Music Library constitutes the most authoritative music collection resource available. Volume 1 of this completely revised and reorganized reference is divided into these sections:
- Music of Colonial North America and the United States to about 1900
- Blues
- Jazz
- Mainstream Popular and New Age
- Country and Western
- Rock
- Rhythm and Blues and Soul
- Rap and Hip-Hop
- Gospel Music and Other Popular Christian Music
- Children's Music
- Holidays, Special Occasions, Patriotic Music, and Miscellaneous
