Bibliograph

Music in Black American life, 1600-1945, a University of Illinois Press anthology, compiled by Laurie Matheson ; introduction by Sandra Jean Graham

Type

Label

Music in Black American life, 1600-1945, a University of Illinois Press anthology, compiled by Laurie Matheson ; introduction by Sandra Jean Graham

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 259) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmusic

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Music in Black American life, 1600-1945

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

compiled by Laurie Matheson ; introduction by Sandra Jean Graham

Series statement

Music in American life

Sub title

a University of Illinois Press anthology

Summary

"Music in Black American Life, 1600-1945 collects research and analysis that originally appeared in the journals American Music and the Black Music Research Journal, and in the University of Illinois Press's acclaimed book series Music in American Life. In these selections, experts from a cross-section of disciplines engage with fundamental issues in ways that changed our perceptions of Black music. The topics includes the culturally and musically complex Black music-making of colonial America; string bands and other lesser-known genres practiced by Black artists; the jubilee industry and its audiences; and innovators in jazz, blues, and Black gospel. Eclectic and essential, Music in Black American Life, 1600-1945 offers specialists and students alike a gateway to the history and impact of Black music in the United States"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction / Sandra Jean Graham -- Toward a philosophy of Black music scholarship / Samuel A. Floyd, Jr. -- Backstage : "white folks do as they please, and the darkies do as they can" / Katrina Dyonne Thompson -- The origin and development of the Black musical theater : a preliminary report / Eileen Southern -- Innovators, imitators, and a jubilee industry / Sandra Jean Graham -- Rural Black string band music / Charles Wolfe -- Nashville washboard band : something out of nothing / Stephen Wade -- The blues tradition in St. Louis / Harriet Ottenheimer -- James Reese Europe and the prehistory of jazz / R. Reid Badger -- Before Louis : when Fletcher Henderson was the "Paul Whiteman of the race" / Jeffrey Magee -- Sweeping through the city : Thomas A. Dorsey and the gospel nexus (1932-1933) / Robert M. Marovich -- "My soul's been anchored in de Lord" and "Black satin clothes at the fair" / Rae Linda Brown

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