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Lift every voice : the history of African American music
Title
Lift every voice : the history of African American music / Burton W. Peretti.
ISBN
9780742558113 (cloth : alk. paper)
0742558118 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009.
Physical Description
xv, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 23, 2009
Series
The African American history series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical and discographical references (p. 207-212) and index.
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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