Jeff Todd Titon
Encyclopedia
Jeff Todd Titon is a professor of music
at Brown University
. His published books include Early Downhome Blues
: A Musical and Cultural Analysis (University of Illinois Press, 1977; 2nd edition, University of North Carolina Press, 1994) and Powerhouse for God (University of Texas Press, 1988). He is editor of the book Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples (Cengage/Schirmer Books, last revised in English 2008).
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
. His published books include Early Downhome Blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
: A Musical and Cultural Analysis (University of Illinois Press, 1977; 2nd edition, University of North Carolina Press, 1994) and Powerhouse for God (University of Texas Press, 1988). He is editor of the book Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples (Cengage/Schirmer Books, last revised in English 2008).