| 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 (pages 404-425), discography (pages 426-438) , videography (pages 439-442) , and index. |
| Contents |
The translated African cultural and musical past / Portia K. Maultsby -- African American instrument construction and music making / Ernest Brown -- Secular folk music / Dena Epstein w/ Rosita Sands -- Spirituals / Mellonee Burnim -- Quartets / Joyce Jackson -- Ragtime / Ingebord Harer -- Blues / David Evans -- Art/classical music / Josephine Wright -- Jazz / Ingrid Monson -- Gospel / Mellonee Burnim -- Musical theater / Thomas 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 Norfleet. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
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Ethnomusicology -- United States.
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African Americans -- Music.
(OCoLC)fst00799648
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Ethnomusicology. (OCoLC)fst00916186
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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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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| Standard No. |
7215715 |
| ISBN |
9780415881807 (hardback) |
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0415881803 |
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9780415881814 (paperback) |
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0415881811 |
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9781315857671 (ebook) |
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