Larry Starr is Professor of Music at the University of Washington. He is a respected scholar on the music of Ives, Gershwin, and Copland, as well as on popular music.
Christopher Waterman is Dean of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. An anthropologist specializing in the music of Africa and the Americas, he is also a bassist who has performed professionally in a wide variety of popular genres.
"This is the best textbook on the market for a general popular
music course for the nonmajor. It is reliable, broad, and easy to
read. . . . It is a critical study that engages important cultural
issues."--Gayle Murchison, The College of William and Mary
"Starr and Waterman offer the strongest historical narrative, with
excellent examples, comprehensive coverage of styles, and an
integrated, chronological approach."--Mary Macklem, University of
Central Florida
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