A life in ragtime : a biography of James Reese Europe /
James Reese Europe, as a composer and band leader at the height of ragtime, had a strong influence on the first generation of jazz musicians who were to follow. Europe's life reveals much about the role of black musicians in American culture in a period when it was presumed they had little plac...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | James Reese Europe, as a composer and band leader at the height of ragtime, had a strong influence on the first generation of jazz musicians who were to follow. Europe's life reveals much about the role of black musicians in American culture in a period when it was presumed they had little place. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 328 pages) : illustrations, portrait |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references, discography and index. |
| ISBN: | 0199851557 9780199851553 9780195337969 0195337964 |