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Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: BLACK FOLK MUSIC TO THE CIVIL WAR
Dena J. Epstein
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Paperback. From the plaintive tunes of woe sung by exiled kings and queens of Africa to the spirited work songs and "shouts" of freedmen, this title traces the course of early black folk music in various its guises. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 684.
Awarded both the Chicago Folklore Prize and the Simkins Prize of the Southern Historical Association From the plaintive tunes of woe sung by exiled kings and queens of Africa to the spirited worksongs and shouts of freedmen, in Sinful Tunes and Spirituals Dena J. Epstein traces the course of early black folk music in all its guises. This classic work is being reissued with a new author's preface on the silver anniversary of its original publication.
Awarded both the Chicago Folklore Prize and the Simkins Prize of the Southern Historical Association From the plaintive tunes of woe sung by exiled kings and queens of Africa to the spirited worksongs and shouts of freedmen, in Sinful Tunes and Spirituals Dena J. Epstein traces the course of early black folk music in all its guises. This classic work is being reissued with a new author's preface on the silver anniversary of its original publication.
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Series
Music in American Life
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252071508
SKU
V9780252071508
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About Dena J. Epstein
Dena J. Epstein is a retired assistant music librarian at the Joseph Regenstein Library, University of Chicago, and past president of the Music Library Association.
Reviews for Sinful Tunes and Spirituals: BLACK FOLK MUSIC TO THE CIVIL WAR
No previous scholar has told more about the manner of diffusion of African music and dance in the New World ... No one else has related with more telling effect the impact that Afro-American musical patterns had upon the sensibilities of the white public.
Lawrence W. Levine, Journal of American History Epstein has uncovered far more about early ... Read more
Lawrence W. Levine, Journal of American History Epstein has uncovered far more about early ... Read more