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Lift every voice : the history of African American music /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peretti, Burton W. (Burton William), 1961-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2009]
Series:African American history series (Lanham, Md.)
Subjects:
African Americans > Music > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • From West Africa to slavery
  • Jubilee and Tin Pan Alley : contrasting sounds of freedom
  • The rise of ragtime and the blues
  • The emergence of jazz
  • Jazz at the Philharmonic : the jazz avant-garde and black classical expression
  • Gospel, freedom songs, and the struggle for equality
  • Black popular music as big business.