Richard Crawford
Encyclopedia
Richard Crawford is an American music historian, currently a professor of music at the University of Michigan
. His American Musical Landscape is one of the seminal works of American music history
, published in 2001. He has published a number of other books, and edited a series of books on American music. He was also formerly president of the American Musicological Society
.
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
. His American Musical Landscape is one of the seminal works of American music history
Music history of the United States
The music history of the United States includes many styles of folk, popular and classical music. Some of the best-known genres of American music are blues, rock and roll, country, began with the Native Americans, the first people to populate North America...
, published in 2001. He has published a number of other books, and edited a series of books on American music. He was also formerly president of the American Musicological Society
American Musicological Society
The American Musicological Society is a membership-based musicological organization founded in 1934 to advance scholarly research in the various fields of music as a branch of learning and scholarship; it grew out of a small contingent of the Music Teachers National Association and, more directly,...
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