Michael Campbell (pianist and author)
Michael Campbell (born 1945) is an American pianist, teacher and author. He has written two of the most widely-used college textbooks on the development of popular music, Popular Music in America (originally titled And the Beat Goes On, first published 1996) and Rock and Roll: an Introduction (written with James Brody, first published 1999).
Biography
Campbell was born and grew up in and around
He began teaching at
His first textbook, And the Beat Goes On, was first published in 1996, and, retitled as Popular Music in America, has gone through several editions and has been described as "the first text to offer a comprehensive account of two centuries of popular music". He also wrote, with James Brody, Rock and Roll: an Introduction, first published in 1999; and Music, first published in 2011.[1]
As professor at Western Illinois University, Campbell taught courses in popular music, jazz improvisation, and American music. He retired in 2003. After moving to Westerly, Rhode Island, he taught an online rock music course at Arizona State University. He has also given presentations on "The Golden Age of the Piano", playing excerpts from all varieties of piano music that would have been heard in the early 20th century.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d Michael Campbell, Arizona State University. Retrieved 11 December 2022
- ^ "About the Author", Popular Music in America, p.xiii. Retrieved 11 December 2022
- ^ a b Dr. Michael Campbell, Suzuki Association of the Americas. Retrieved 11 December 2022