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'''Charles Hamm''' (April 21, 1925 – October 16, 2011) was an American [[musicologist]], writer on music, [[composer]], and music educator. He is credited with being the first music historian to seriously study and write about American [[popular music]]. He also was one of the founders of the [[International Association for the Study of Popular Music]] (IASPM). |
'''Charles Edward Hamm''' (April 21, 1925 – October 16, 2011) was an American [[musicologist]], writer on music, [[composer]], and music educator. He is credited with being the first music historian to seriously study and write about American [[popular music]]. He also was one of the founders of the [[International Association for the Study of Popular Music]] (IASPM). |
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Hamm graduated from the [[University of Virginia]] in 1947 where he was a member of the [[Virginia Glee Club]].<ref name="uvam">{{cite web |url=http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1940s11/#.UKOvwoV8yAd |title=In Memoriam |work=University of Virginia Magazine |date=Spring 2012}}</ref> Zachary Woolfe wrote in ''[[The New York Times]]'' that "Mr. Hamm was one of the first scholars to study the history of American popular music with musicological rigor and sensitivity to complex racial and ethnic dynamics, and both oral and written traditions. He traced pop’s history not just to its full recent flowering in the 1950s or to the 19th century and [[Stephen Foster]], but also to the colonial-era compositions that created the context for all that followed."<ref name="NYT_obituary" /> |
Born in Charlottsville, Virginia, Hamm graduated from the [[University of Virginia]] in 1947 where he was a member of the [[Virginia Glee Club]].<ref name="uvam">{{cite web |url=http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1940s11/#.UKOvwoV8yAd |title=In Memoriam |work=University of Virginia Magazine |date=Spring 2012}}</ref> Zachary Woolfe wrote in ''[[The New York Times]]'' that "Mr. Hamm was one of the first scholars to study the history of American popular music with musicological rigor and sensitivity to complex racial and ethnic dynamics, and both oral and written traditions. He traced pop’s history not just to its full recent flowering in the 1950s or to the 19th century and [[Stephen Foster]], but also to the colonial-era compositions that created the context for all that followed."<ref name="NYT_obituary" /> |
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In 2002 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the [[Society for American Music]]. |
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In addition to his son Stuart, he is survived by two other sons, Bruce and Chris; a sister, Ruby; a brother, Jerry, and four grandchildren. |
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He died of pneumonia, leaving 3 sons. |
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Revision as of 10:45, 17 December 2018
Charles Edward Hamm | |
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| Born | April 21, 1925 |
| Died | October 16, 2011 (aged 86) |
| Occupation | Musicologist |
Charles Edward Hamm (April 21, 1925 – October 16, 2011) was an American musicologist, writer on music, composer, and music educator. He is credited with being the first music historian to seriously study and write about American popular music. He also was one of the founders of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM).
Born in Charlottsville, Virginia, Hamm graduated from the University of Virginia in 1947 where he was a member of the Virginia Glee Club.[2] Zachary Woolfe wrote in The New York Times that "Mr. Hamm was one of the first scholars to study the history of American popular music with musicological rigor and sensitivity to complex racial and ethnic dynamics, and both oral and written traditions. He traced pop’s history not just to its full recent flowering in the 1950s or to the 19th century and Stephen Foster, but also to the colonial-era compositions that created the context for all that followed."[1]
In 2002 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society for American Music.
In addition to his son Stuart, he is survived by two other sons, Bruce and Chris; a sister, Ruby; a brother, Jerry, and four grandchildren.
He died of pneumonia, leaving 3 sons.
Works
- Yesterdays: Popular Song in America (1979)
- Music in the New World (1983)
- Putting Popular Music in its Place (1995)
- Irving Berlin: Songs From the Melting Pot (1997)
- Graceland Revisited
References
- ^ a b c Zachary Woolfe (October 23, 2011). "Charles Hamm, Author on American Popular Music, Dies at 86". The New York Times.
- ^ "In Memoriam". University of Virginia Magazine. Spring 2012.
External links
- Root, Melanie (May 2010). "Charles Hamm Recordings". University of Pittsburgh. Collection guide to Charles Hamm Recordings, University of Pittsburgh
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