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Eileen Southern - The Music of Black Americans - 9780393971415 - V9780393971415
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The Music of Black Americans

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Description for The Music of Black Americans Paperback. A new edition of the classic text on African American music. Num Pages: 704 pages, Over 50 photographs. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; AVGH; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 978.
Beginning with the arrival of the first Africans in the English colonies, Eileen Southern weaves a fascinating narrative of intense musical activity. As singers, players, and composers, black American musicians are fully chronicled in this landmark book. Now in the third edition, the author has brought the entire text up to date and has added a wealth of new material covering the latest developments in gospel, blues, jazz, classical, crossover, Broadway, and rap as they relate to African American music.

Product Details

Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
702
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Weight
978 g
Number of Pages
704
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393971415
SKU
V9780393971415
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Ref
99-16

About Eileen Southern
Eileen Southern, Professor Emerita of Music and Afro-American Studies at Harvard University, founded and edited the journal The Black Perspective in Music (1973—90). She lives in New York City.

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