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Article: The Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University: documenting the broad range of American vernacular music.
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- June 1, 1998
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HISTORY
The Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) was established in 1985 as one of the "Centers of Excellence" in Tennessee's public university system. The aim of the Centers program was to create institutes that would foster advanced research and scholarship in fields in which the various schools had existing strengths. MTSU's location in Murfreesboro, thirty-five miles from Nashville, makes it a logical choice for a center related to popular-music scholarship. The university's Department of Recording Industry offers a successful music-business training program; in fall 1997, the department had an enrollment of approximately thirteen ...