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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Abbott, Lynn, 1946- (Autor), Seroff, Doug (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2007.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:American made music series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Coon songs, big shows, and black stage stars of the Ragtime era
  • The spirit of the smart set
  • Blues for the sideshow tent
  • "Under canvas" : African American tented minstrelsy and the untold story of Allen's New Orleans Minstrels, the Rabbit's Foot Company, the Florida Blossoms, and Silas Green from New Orleans.