| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xv, 465 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.) |
| Note |
"The second edition has been substantially revised and updated, and includes new essays on African and African American musical continuities, African-derived instrument construction and performance practice, techno, and quartet traditions. Musical transcriptions, photographs, illustrations, and a new audio CD bring the music to life"--Back cover. |
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"CD listening examples": page xiv-xv. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references, discography, videography, and index. |
| Contents |
The translated African cultural and musical past / Portia K. Maultsby -- African American instrument construction and music making / Ernest D. Brown Jr. -- Secular folk music / Dena J. Epstein with contributions from Rosita M. Sands -- Spirituals / Mellonee V. Burnim -- Quartets : jubilee to gospel / Joyce Marie Jackson -- Ragtime / Ingebord Harer -- Blues / David Evans -- Art/classical music / Josephine R.B. Wright -- Jazz / Ingrid Monson -- Gospel / Mellonee V. Burnim -- Musical theater / Thomas L. Riis -- Rhythm and blues/R&B / Portia K. Maultsby -- Soul / Portia K. Maultsby -- Funk / Portia K. Maultsby -- Disco and house / Kai Fikentscher -- Detroit techno / Denise Dalphond -- Hip-hop and rap / Dawn M. Norfleet. |
| Language |
English text. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
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African Americans -- Music. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Burnim, Mellonee V. (Mellonee Victoria), 1950- editor.
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Maultsby, Portia K., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780415881807 (hardback) |
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0415881803 (hardback) |
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9780415881814 (paperback) |
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0415881811 (paperback) |
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9781315857671 (ebook) |
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