Music: Investigate the Evolution of American Sound

http://hip1.sjvls.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=13850M070V5X9.17306&menu=search&aspect=subtab255&npp=20&ipp=20&spp=100&profile=thq&ri=2&source=~!horizon&index=.TW&term=MUsic++.AW%3DDonna+Latham&x=19&y=19&aspect=subtab255Music: Investigate the Evolution of American Sound by Donna Latham; illustrated by Bryan Stone

A survey of the social, political and religious influences that have inspired American music genres invites young enthusiasts to perform activities that explain the physics and traditions of music, from writing songs and improvising vocal styling to creating a beatbox and learning the Charleston.

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