The Music of Black Americans: A History

Type

Book

Authors

Eileen Southern

ISBN 10

0393952797

ISBN 13

9780393952797

Tags

Performing Arts, Religious & Sacred Music, Theory, Composition & Performance, Politics & Social Sciences, Music, Social Sciences

Description

This text provides comprehensive coverage of black American music, from the arrival of the first Africans in the English colonies to contemporary developments in African-American history. The book draws on authentic documents, from colonial times to the present, to illuminate the history of black music. The book provides thorough treatment of black women musicians, including Lil Hardin Armstrong, Marian Anderson, Billie Holiday, Leontyne Price and Ella Fitzgerald. - from Amzon

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