Music Overviews

Distinctly American Arts - Music
U.S. Embassy, Germany
http://www.usembassy.de/usa/textfiles/e44_27btext1.htm

50th Anniversary History: Explosion of American Music: 1940-1990
Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI)
http://bmi.com/about/library/history/index.asp

Conversation with Gary Burton on the U.S. pop music scene
from USIA Electronic Journal
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/0698/ijse/garyburt.htm

The Music of Americans
Library of Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/perform/guide/musamer.html 21, 1999

Spotlight Biography: Jazz & Blues
Smithsonian Institution
http://educate.si.edu/spotlight/blues.html

New Music for a New Century
from USIA Electronic Journal
http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itsv/0698/ijse/kosman.htm

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