The EPMOW Genre volumes contain entries on the genres of music that have been or currently are popular in countries and communities all over the world. Included are discussions on cultural, historical and geographic origins; technical musical characteristics; instrumentation and use of voice; lyrics and language; typical features of performance and presentation; historical development and paths and modes of dissemination; influence of technology, the music industry and political and economic circumstances; changing stylistic features; notable and influential performers; and relationships to other genres and sub-genres.
This volume, the first of two on international genres, features over 100 in-depth essays on genres and forms which have demonstrated an international character from their beginnings, as well as those with regional origins that subsequently took root elsewhere and are not covered extensively in the regional genre volumes. Two examples of the former are film music and heavy metal: of the latter, country music. Exceptions to these norms are explained in the volume’s Introduction.
All entries conclude with a bibliography and discographies, with additional information in the form of sheet music listings and, especially in the case of film music entries, filmographies. Where appropriate, extensive use has been made of visual recordings. Written and edited by an international team of over 90 popular music scholars and professionals, this volume provides an exceptional resource on the international history and development of popular music.
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Introduction Popular Music and Its Study: a Prologue by Franco Fabbri, John Shepherd and David Horn Acknowledgements List of Contributors Genres: International, Part 1 A–Ho A Cappella, Contemporary - Roger Mantie and Brent C. Talbot with David Horn Art Rock - Edward Macan Background music - Sean Albiez Ballad - Paul Oliver with Ignazio Macchiarella and David Horn Brass Band Music - Katherine Brucher with John Shepherd and David Horn Christmas Songs - Paolo Prato with David Horn and John Shepherd Circus Music - Lynda Paul Cold wave - Sean Albiez Country Music (International) - Graeme Smith and John Shepherd Country Music and Indigeneity - Byron Dueck Country Music in Australia - Graeme Smith Country Music in Brazil - Alexander S. Dent Country Music in Britain - John Shepherd with Graham Lees, David Horn and Graeme Smith Country Music in Canada - Gillian Turnbull Country Music in Finland - Pekka Gronow Country Music in Germany - Ralf von Appen Country Music in Ireland - Susan Motherway and Christina Lynn Country Music in Japan -Toru Mitsui Country Music in Kenya - Stewart Maganga Country Music in Mexico - Janet L. Sturman Country Music in New Zealand - Chris Bourke Country Music in Nigeria - Stewart Maganga Country Music in Norway - Stian Vestby Country Music in South Africa - Dale Cockrell and Suzanne Strauss Country Music in Sweden - Thomas Bossius Country Music in the Baltic Countries - Pekka Gronow Country Music in the Czech Republic - Lee Bidgood Country Music in the Netherlands - Lutgard Mutsaers Country Music in the Philippines - Felicidad A. Prudente and Felistina B. Pangsiwwith John Shepherd Dance Band Music - Catherine Tackley Dance Band Music in Australasia - John Whiteoak Dance Band Music in Britain - Catherine Tackley Dance Band Music in Germany - Jonathan O. Wipplinger Dance Band Music in Japan - Edgar W. Pope Dance Band Music in the United States - Catherine Tackley Drinking Songs - David Horn, Eldritch Priest and John Shepherd Electronic Dance Music - Sean Albiez Electronica - Sean Albiez Film Music - Mervyn Cooke Film Music, Action-Adventure Films -Donald Greig Film Music, Animated Films -Laura Lazarescu-Thois Film Music, Crime Films -Richard R. Ness Film Music, Documentary Films -Geoffrey Cox Film Music, Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror Films - Randall D. Larson Film Music, Romance Films -Donald Greig Film Music, War Films - Mervyn Cooke Film Music, Westerns -Kathryn M. Kalinak Film Music in Argentina - Rosa Chalkho and Pablo Piedras Film Music in Brazil - Fabio Guilherme Poletto Film Music in China - Bryan Minghui Bi with Ryan Mengfan Liu and John Shepherd Film Music in Egypt - Yara Salahiddeen and Martin Stokes Film Music in France - Phil Powrie Film Music in Germany - Roger Hillman Film Music in India - Natalie Sarrazin Film Music in Iran - Laudan Nooshin and Kaveh Askari Film Music in Italy - Emilio Audissino Film Music in Japan -Tomoko Deguchi Film Music in Korea - Keith Howard Film Music in Mexico -Jacqueline Avila Film Music in Soviet Russia (1): Stalinist Period - Fiona Ford Film Music in Soviet Russia (2): 1953–91 - Fiona Ford Film Music in the United Kingdom - Mervyn Cooke Film Music in the United States - Mervyn Cooke Film/Television Title Music and Theme Tunes - Mervyn Cooke Film Musical - Catherine Haworth Film Musical, Hollywood -Alan Stanbridge Film Musical in Brazil - Fabio Guilherme Poletto Film Musical in France - Adrian Martin Film Musical in Germany - Guido Heldt Film Musical in Hong Kong - Shuk-ting Kinnia, Yau Film Musical in Russia (1): Stalinist Russia - Richard Taylor Film Musical in Russia (2): Late- Soviet and Post-Soviet - Rita Safariants Film Musical in Turkey - Nezih Erdogan Film Musical in the United Kingdom - Dominic Broomfield-McHugh Folk and Folk Revival - Joseph Maurer Folk-Rock - Michael Brocken and David Horn Funeral Music - Eldritch Priest with David Horn and John Shepherd Gospel and Christian Popular Music - Monique M. Ingalls Hard Rock - Steve Waksman Hawaiian Music - Pekka Gronow Heavy Metal - Andy R. Brown, Deena Weinstein and Ross Hagen Related Genres - Deena Weinstein and Andy R. Brown Black Metal - Keith Kahn-Harris with Imke von Helden Christian Metal - Marcus Moberg Death Metal - Sarah Chaker with Keith Kahn-Harris Doom Metal - David Burke Drone Metal - Owen Coggins Folk and Viking Metal - Ross Hagen Glam Metal - Ross Hagen Gothic Metal - Francesca Stevens Grindcore - Andy R. Brown Industrial Metal - Ross Hagen Metalcore - Colin McKinnon New Wave of American Heavy Metal - Ross Hagen New Wave of British Heavy Metal - Andy R. Brown Nu Metal - Colin McKinnon Power Metal - Andy R. Brown Progressive Metal - Andy R. Brown and Eric Smialek Sludge Metal - David Burke Speed Metal - Andy R. Brown Symphonic Metal - Francesca Stevens Thrash Metal - Andy R. Brown Heavy Metal, Global Dissemination and Expansion - Jeremy Wayne Wallach Hip-Hop, Global - Warrick Moses Index
David Horn was a founding editor of the journal Popular Music and a founding member of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM). He proposed the idea of EPMOW with blues scholar Paul Oliver in the 1980s and has worked on the project since then. John Shepherd is a Distinguished Research Professor and Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus at Carleton University, Canada. He has been a member of EPMOW’s editorial board since 1990 and has published widely in the sociology and aesthetics of music and popular music studies.
Reviews for Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 13: Genres: International. Part I, A-Ho
With its broad international focus, this volume of the monumental Encyclopedia of Popular Musics of the World exemplifies the best tendencies in recent scholarly work on musical genres and the places in which they live. The scholarship is impeccable, pulling together the insights of four decades of popular music studies, but its real strength lies in the ways it moves the field forward. This volume buzzes with exciting new ideas about musical globalization and the international circulation of genres and forms. Alongside entries on canonical genres such as ‘Country,’ ‘Film Music’ and ‘Heavy Metal,’ entries on such topics as ‘Funeral Music,’ ‘Background Music’ and ‘Circus Music’ offer a welcome opening up of the field. * Will Straw, Professor of Urban Media Studies, McGill University, Canada *
