The music of black Americans
a history
by Eileen Southern
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Beginning with the arrival of the first Africans in the English colonies, Eileen Southern weaves a fascinating narrative of intense musical activity, which has not only played a vital role in the lives of black Americans but has also deeply influenced music performance in the United States and many other parts of the world. Dr.
Southern fully chronicles the singers, instrumentalists, and composers who created this rich body of music and skillfully describes the genres and styles that characterize it from its earliest manifestations among a people in slavery to the rap beat of the late twentieth century.
Along the way, she covers numerous topics - such as Colonial-Era music, Revolutionary War performers, church music, minstrelsy, ragtime, swing, concert music, soul, pop, and opera - bringing them to life and placing them in their historical and cultural contexts.
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African Americans, Afro-Americans, History and criticism, Music, Noirs américains, Musique noire américaine, Afroamerikanische Musik, Histoire et critique, Geschichte, Musique, Schwarze, Musik, University of South Alabama, African americans, music, African american musiciansPlaces
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The music of black Americans: a history
1997, Norton, W.W. Norton
in English
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Music of Black Americans
1983, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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The Music of Black Americans: A History.
November 1979, Ten Speed Press
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The music of black Americans: a history.
1971, W. W. Norton
in English
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Discography: p. 645-646.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 613-645) and index.
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