| Description |
ix, 339 pages : illustrations, music, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Meredydd Evans collection |
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Meredydd Evans collection
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- A note on the transcriptions -- The half ain't never been told -- An introduction -- 1. Do the Bombashay -- 2. Under the chicken tree -- 3 The long-tailed blue -- 4. If luck don't change -- 5. As the eagle stirreth her nest -- 6. Three ways to praise -- 7. Honey in the rock -- 8. Natural-born men -- 9. Next week, sometime...? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- A guide to reissued recordings -- Index of song titles -- Index of artists -- General index |
| Summary |
In this innovatory book the celebrated writer on the blues, Paul Oliver, rediscovers the wealth of neglected vocal traditions presented on Race records. When blues first reached a large audience it was through the 'Race records' issued specifically for black purchasers in the 1920s. Blues South have been extensively discussed by many writers. Paul Oliver shows that this emphasis has drawn attention away from the other important vocal traditions also available on Race records: the songs of Southern rural dances, the comic and social songs and ballads of the medicine shows and travelling entertainments, and, even more neglected, the sacred vocal traditions, from the song-sermons of the Baptist and Sanctified preachers to the gospel songs of the church congregations and of the 'jack-leg' preachers and street evangelists. Over 500 artists and 700 song titles are indexed and there is a guide to reissued recordings |
| Analysis |
10030 songs negro American 1920-1935 60030 critical studies |
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African Americans Music History and criticism |
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Folk songs, English History and criticism United States |
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Geschichte 1920-1930 |
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Gospel music History and criticism |
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Music History and criticism United States |
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American black songs 1920-1935 |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 309-313 |
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Discography: pages 314-317 |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism.
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Folk songs, English -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Gospel music -- History and criticism.
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Gospel music -- History.
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Music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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| LC no. |
84001699 |
| ISBN |
0521248272 |
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0521269423 (paperback) |
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