{"product_id":"music-in-the-age-of-anxiety-9780252081569","title":"Music in the Age of Anxiety","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMusic in the Age of Anxiety\u003c\/i\u003e offers an engaging, lively, and thought-provoking examination of a diverse range of musical styles prevalent in 1950s America. This fascinating book is accessible for students and general readers, even as Wierzbicki offers new insights that will be of interest to specialists as well.\"--Gayle Sherwood Magee, author of \u003ci\u003eCharles Ives Reconsidered\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Provides a fresh view of the socially and politically complex decade of the 1950s. Wierzbicki's sense of humor supplements a concise writing style that is easy to read but authoritative. The quality of research and annotations are remarkable, and his work provides invaluable sources for scholars who would like to dig deeper into the wide range of subjects covered. His breadth of research and topics should be of interest to musicians and non-musicians alike.\"--\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eMusic in the Age of Anxiety\u003c\/i\u003e is a book for both general interest and scholarly study.\"--\u003ci\u003eJournal of American Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCoverTitleContentsAcknowledgmentsPrologue1 The Pop Music Mainstream2 Rock 'n' Roll3 Jazz4 Hollywood5 Broadway6 Opera7 The Classical Music Mainstream8 Modernists9 MavericksEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400502288727,"sku":"9780252081569","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252081569.jpg?v=1730470837","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/music-in-the-age-of-anxiety-9780252081569","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}