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Subject(s)

• African Americans—Music—History and criticism [Browse]

Series

• African American history series (Lanham, Md.) [More in this series]
• The African American history series

Notes

Includes index.

Bibliographic references

"Selected bibliography and discography": p. 207-212.

Contents

• From West Africa to slavery
• Jubilee and Tin Pan Alley : contrasting sounds of freedom
• The rise of ragtime and the blues
• The emergence of jazz
• Jazz at the Philharmonic : the jazz avant-garde and black classical expression
• Gospel, freedom songs, and the struggle for equality
• Black popular music as big business.

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ISBN

• 9780742558113 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0742558118 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008025181

OCLC

231834350

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