To Stretch Our Ears: A Documentary History of America's Music by J. Heywood Alexander
This text provides a collection of source readings that covers a variety of areas of American music history. Texts have been reliably transcribed from the original sources and presented with introductions, explanations and footnotes. Most of the readings expand on the narratives in Richard Crawford's Introduction to America's Music and America's Musical Life: A History, making this volume a supplement to those two books and a stand-alone reader.