This 1998 book was the first study of music in the United States to be written by a team of scholars. It surveys music of Native Americans, musical life until 1900, film and stage music, jazz, rock, and regional musics. The volume includes twentieth-century art music, and the experimental and tonal traditions. Notes on contributors Editor's preface Part I: 1. American Indian musics, past and present Victoria Lindsay Levine 2. Music in America: an overview (part 1) William Brooks 3. Secular music to 1800 Kate Van Winkle Keller with John Koegel 4. Sacred music to 1800 Nym Cooke 5. African-American music to 1900 Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje 6. Immigrant, folk and regional musics in the nineteenth century Michael Broyles 7. Nineteenth-century popular music Dale Cockrell 8. Art music from 1800 to 1860 Katherine K. Preston 9. Art music from 1860 to 1920 Michael Broyles Part II: 10. Music in America: an overview (part 2) William Brooks 11. Immigrant, folk and regional musics in the twentieth century Philip V. Bohlman 12. Popular song and popular music on stage and film Stephen Banfield 13. The rock and roll era Robert Walser 14. Ragtime and early jazz Jeffrey Magee 15. Jazz from 1930 to 1960 David Joyner 16. Jazz since 1960 Ronald Radano 17. Tonal traditions in art music from 1920 to 1960 Larry Starr 18. Serialism and complexity Stephen Peles 19. Avant-garde and experimental music David Nicholls 20. Tonal traditions in art music since 1960 Jonathan W. Bernard Bibliography and references Index.