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Author Gilbert, David W. (David Walker), 1975- author.

Title The product of our souls : ragtime, race, and the birth of the Manhattan musical marketplace / David Gilbert.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2015.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Internet  WORLD WIDE WEB E-BOOK JSTOR    Downloadable
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Description 1 online resource (pages cm)
Series UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents A new musical rhythm was given to the people : rhythm and representation in black Manhattan -- Do all we could to get what we felt belonged to us by the laws of nature : selling real Negro melodies and marketing authentic black rhythms -- Appreciate the noble and the beautiful within us : ragging uplift with rhythmic transgressions -- The piano man was it! The man in charge : black nightclubs and ragtime identities in New York's Tenderloin -- To promote greater efficiency among its members : ragtime in Times Square and the Clef Club Inc -- Rhythm is something that is born in the Negro : black musical value and the consolidation of "Negro music" -- A new type of Negro musician : social dance and black musical value in prewar America.
Note Description based on print version record.
GMD: electronic resource.
Subject African American musicians -- New York (State) -- New York.
Music and race -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Ragtime music -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
Ragtime music -- New York (State) -- New York -- History and criticism.
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Music -- History and criticism.
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical.
MUSIC / Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.
Added Author Project Muse.
ISBN 9781469622712 (electronic bk.)
1469622718 (electronic bk.)
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