Music in Black American Life, 1945-2020: A University of Illinois Press Anthology
Tammy L. Kernodle, "Music in Black American Life, 1945-2020: A University of Illinois Press Anthology "
English | ISBN: 025208666X | 2022 | 334 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 025208666X | 2022 | 334 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
This second volume of Music in Black American Life offers research and analysis that originally appeared in the journals American Music and Black Music Research Journal, and in two book series published by the University of Illinois Press: Music in American Life, and African American Music in Global Perspective. In this collection, a group of predominately Black scholars explores a variety of topics with works that pioneered new methodologies and modes of inquiry for hearing and studying Black music. These extracts and articles examine the World War II jazz scene; look at female artists like gospel star Shirley Caesar and jazz musician-arranger Melba Liston; illuminate the South Bronx milieu that folded many forms of black expressive culture into rap; and explain
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