| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
American folk music and musicians series ; 19
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American folk music and musicians ; 19.
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| Contents |
1. The cultural front and the Negro : the political context of emergence for Lawrence Gellert -- 2. The early years : family roots and influences, 1898-1920 -- 3. The 1920s : trying to find oneself -- 4. The early 1930s : a star and a genre are born -- 5. Lead Belly and the Lomaxes, 1934-1936 -- 6. Negro songs of protest and protest in "Negro" songs -- 7. The WPA theater, Writers' Projects, and World War II -- 8. The 1950s : downplay and disaster -- 9. The 1960s : rebuffed and rediscovered -- 10. The 1970s : odd man out -- Epilogue to a life. |
| Summary |
In African American Folksong and American Cultural Politics: The Lawrence Gellert Story, scholar and musician Bruce Conforth tells the story of one of the most unusual collections of African American folk music ever amassed-and the remarkable story of the man who produced it: Lawrence Gellert. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gellert, Lawrence, 1898-1979.
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Gellert, Lawrence, 1898-1979. |
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African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
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African Americans -- Music. |
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Folk music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Folk music. |
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United States. |
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Music -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Music -- Political aspects. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Music. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Conforth, Bruce M., 1950- African American folksong and American cultural politics. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2013 9780810884885 (DLC) 2012047483 (OCoLC)819741882 |
| ISBN |
9780810884892 (electronic book) |
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0810884895 (electronic book) |
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129955394X (electronic book) |
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9781299553941 (electronic book) |
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9780810884885 |
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0810884887 |
| Standard No. |
40022473625 |
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