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Give my poor heart ease : voices of the Mississippi blues /
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, folklorist William Ferris toured his home state of Mississippi, documenting the voices of African Americans as they spoke about and performed the diverse musical traditions that form the authentic roots of the blues. Illustrated with Ferris's photographs of the m...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill [N.C.] :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2009.
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| Colección: | H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, folklorist William Ferris toured his home state of Mississippi, documenting the voices of African Americans as they spoke about and performed the diverse musical traditions that form the authentic roots of the blues. Illustrated with Ferris's photographs of the musicians and their communities and including a dual CD/DVD that presents his original field recordings and films, this book features more than 20 interviews relating frank, dramatic, and engaging narratives about black life and blues music in the heart of the American South. Oversize, with 45 halftones a. |
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| Notas: | "This book was published with the assistance of the H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman Fund of the University of North Carolina Press"--Title page verso |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 302 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-269), discography (p. 269-284) , filmography (p. 284-289) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807898529 080789852X 9781469605296 1469605295 0807833258 9780807833254 |