Explains in non-technical terms musical phrases and genres, describes major musical instruments, and includes biographies on 2,000 musicians and composers.

The Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music covers all aspects of both African American and white gospel from history and performers to recording techniques and styles, as well as the influence of gospel on different musical genres and cultural trends. Organized alphabetically to facilitate searching, this encyclopedia also contains many reference tools to aid the user, such as bibliographic and references at the end of entries, a thorough and analytical...

Includes pointers to the study of French literature and its background.

This book describes the development of American literature from impressive new novelists, poets, and playwrights emerging after World War II to the postwar drama, literary criticism, and literary biography of the end of the twentieth century.