American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950
American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950 | Alec Wilder The book is written by a highly respected composer and professional musician - and perhaps that's my problem. I love the American Songbook and have, I A superb book. A must for anyone interested in the great American Songwriter, and their evergreen songs. As the blurb says it surveys the careers... See what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive. American popular song; the great innovators, 1900-1950. Item Preview. American Popular Song book. Read 5 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Start by marking "American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950" as Want to Read This is the definitive work on the great songwriters who dominated the classical era of American popular music. Uniquely analytical yet engagingly informal, the book draws on over 700 musical examples to demonstrate the melodic, harmonic, ...