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Ragged but right : black traveling shows, "coon songs," and the dark pathway to blues and jazz /
The commercial explosion of ragtime in the early twentieth century created previously unimagined opportunities for black performers. However, every prospect was mitigated by systemic racism. The biggest hits of the ragtime era weren't Scott Joplin's stately piano rags. "Coon songs,&qu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
2007.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | American made music series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The commercial explosion of ragtime in the early twentieth century created previously unimagined opportunities for black performers. However, every prospect was mitigated by systemic racism. The biggest hits of the ragtime era weren't Scott Joplin's stately piano rags. "Coon songs," with their ugly name, defined ragtime for the masses. Though the name itself is offensive to modern ears, it is impossible to investigate black popular entertainment of the ragtime era without directly confronting the "coon songs" which cleared the way for the "original blues.". In Rag. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 461 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-426) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781604731484 1604731486 9781621036531 1621036537 |