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Roach Hildred

 

 

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BLACK AMERICAN MUSIC: Past and Present

Edition

2nd Ed 1992

Krieger #

225805

Description

Pages

390

ISBN #

Cloth/Paper

0-89464-580-3

C

Reviews

U.S. Dollars

$54.5

Revised and expanded, this important text is designed to introduce the beginning scholar to various types of Pan-African music, from Africa to the Americas. With an emphasis upon the African American composer, this survey uses musical examples and illustrations to pinpoint beginning influences, the slave era, the emergence of the black professional, and contemporary trends. Discussions center upon classical and popular forms, and offer the music of William Grant Still alongside that of such jazz personalities as Edward (Duke) Ellington, Ferdinand (Jelly Roll) Morton, rap artist M. C. Hammer, and rock star Michael Jackson. Suitable for use in semester-length courses on African American music, the book captures the fascinating story of a proud heritage whose roots grew centuries ago, and whose influences serve as a backdrop not only for African American music, but as a cornerstone for other American music as well.

"The author's treatment of this information is well organized, lucidly explained, and synthesized so that it can be easily incorporated into a general music class, a humanities class, an African American or American music class, an African American studies or American studies reading list, or for special reading in music history or literature classes." -- African American Review, Fall 1994.

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