A history of American classical music / by Scherer, Barrymore Laurence

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The dawn of American classical music -- From founding through revolution -- The awakening -- Transplanting Romantic European traditions -- Into the twentieth century: the traditionalists -- American impressionists and folklorists -- New England iconoclast: Charles Ives -- From bandstand to Broadway: the 1890s to 1930s -- The earlier struggles of American opera -- Modernism elbows its way into the concert hall -- Europeans abroad -- Between the World Wars: Americans struggle to be heard -- Lighter hearts of the 1920s and 1930s -- Perpetuating the Romantic tradition -- America goes to war: the 1940s -- Exploring the frontiers of sound -- The melting-pot of American opera and musical theatre -- Anxiety's son: Leonard Bernstein -- The age of anxiety: music in the Cold War era -- Making the most of minimalism -- Today and into tomorrow: old glory and new -- Conclusion.…”

Folksongs of another America : field recordings from the Upper Midwest, 1937-1946 / by Leary, James P., 1950-

Table of Contents: “…The Wisconsin Lumberjacks: from Rice Lake and Ladysmith -- In August and September 1938, folklorist Alan Lomax traveled Michigan recording "a thousand songs" for the Library of Congress -- Serbs: Detroit area -- Croatians: Copper Country (THe Floriani Tamburitza Group) -- French Canadians: Baraga -- Finns: Upper Peninsula -- "Enough material for years of work."…”