Music Cultures in the United States is a basic textbook for an Introduction to American Music course. Each article is written by an expert in the field, offering in-depth, knowledgeable, yet accessible writing for the student. The downloadable resources offer musical examples tied to each article. Pedagogic material includes chapter ove Introduction xi Acknowledgments xiii Part I Music in the United States: Historical and Cultural Contexts 1(136) 1 A Social-Historical Approach to Music in the United States 3(20) Ellen Koskoff 2 Institutions and Processes Affecting Music in the United States 23(34) Barry Bergey, Anthony Seeger, David Sanjek, Charlotte" Frisbie, Kai Fikentscher, and Robert Fink Snapshot 2.1: A Navajo Medicine Bundle Is Repatriated 26(15) Snapshot 2.2: Disco and House Music 41(9) Snapshot 2.3: Marketing Classical Music 50(7) 3 Social and Musical Identities 57(46) Adelaida Reyes, Ann Dhu McLucas, Ronald Radano, Susan C. Cook, Terry E. Miller, Tamara Livingston, Portia K. Maultsby, Susan Fast, and Jennifer Rycenga Snapshot 3.1: Revivals 68(7) Snapshot 3.2: Funk 75(14) Snapshot 3.3: Led Zeppelin and the Construction of Masculinity 89(8) Snapshot 3.4: The Influence of Asian Religious Ideas on American Music 97(6) 4 Musical and Social Interactions 103(34) James R. Cowdery, Victoria Lindsay Levine, Judith A. Gray, Beverley Diamond, Barbara Benary, Jody Diamond, Amy Ku'uleleialoha Stillman, and Steven Cornelius Snapshot 4.1: Afro-Cuban Sacred Music in the United States 108(4) Snapshot 4.2: Musical Interactions Among American Indian Peoples 112(10) Snapshot 4.3: Indonesian Music and the American Composer 122(6) Snapshot 4.4: Hawaiian Music Outside Hawai'i 128(9) Part II A Sampler of Music Cultures in the United States 137(166) 5 American Indian Musical Cultures 139(22) Charlotte Heth, Victoria Lindsay-Levine, and Erik D. Gooding Snapshot 5.1: Lakota Music 145(8) Snapshot 5:2: Music of the Northeast Indians 153(8) 6 European American Musical Cultures 161(24) Carl Rahkonen, Christopher Goertzen, Jennifer C. Post, and Mark Levy Snapshot 6.1: British Ballads in the United States 166(8) Snapshot 6.2: German Music in the United States 174(11) 7 African American Musical Cultures 185(58) Portia K. Maultsby, Mellonee V. Burnim, Dena J. Epstein, Susan Oehler, Jacqueline Cogdell Dje Dje, David Evans, and Thomas Riis Snapshot 7.1: African American Cries, Calls, and Hollers 192(24) Snapshot 7.2: Musical Theater 216(27) 8 Latin American Musical Cultures 243(30) Daniel Sheehy, Steven Loza, José R Reyna, and Steven Cornelius Snapshot 8.1: Conjunto Music 249(13) Snapshot 8.2: Afro-Cuban Popular Musics 262(11) 9 Asian American Musics 273(30) Terry E. Miller, Susan M. Asai, and Anne K. Rasmussen Snapshot 9.1: Japanese Music in America 275(12) Snapshot 9.2: Middle Eastern Musics 287(16) Part III Global Musics in the United States 303(76) 10 Contemporary Concert Musics 305(36) William Kearns, Rob Haskins, Steven Loza, Josephine R.B. Wright, and Ingrid Monson Snapshot 10.1: Latin American Music in Mid-Century Los Angeles 308(4) Snapshot 10.2: Electronic Music in the Twentieth Century 312(6) Snapshot 10.3: African American Concert Music in the Twentieth Century 318(23) 11 Popular Musics 341(38) Charles K. Wolfe, Rob Bowman, Sara Nicholson, Dawn M. Norfleet, and Jeremy Wallach Snapshot 11.1: Country Music 341(7) Snapshot 11.2: Rock and Roll and Rock Music 348(12) Snapshot 11.3: Hip-Hop and Rap 360(10) Snapshot 11.4: World Beat 370(9) Bibliography 379(24) Index 403