The library : a fragile history
Andrew Pettegree
The definitive history of the birth of Pop, from 1900 to the mid-fifties. The story begins in 1898 with the first 78 record - the first recorded pop music and mass produced sheet music, to the beginnings of rock and the modern pop age. Bringing the eclectic, evolving world of early pop to life - from ragtime, blues and jazz to Broadway, country, crooning and beyond.
