Staging the Blues : From Tent Shows to Tourism /

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Singing was just one element of blues performance in the early twentieth century. Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and other classic blues singers also tapped, joked, and flaunted extravagant costumes on tent show and black vaudeville stages. Even though folklorists, record producers, and festival promoters...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McGinley, Paige A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Performance practice (Music)
Blues (Music)
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Blues.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
Pratique de l'execution (Musique) > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Performance practice (Music) > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Blues (Music) > History and criticism.
Southern States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Singing was just one element of blues performance in the early twentieth century. Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and other classic blues singers also tapped, joked, and flaunted extravagant costumes on tent show and black vaudeville stages. Even though folklorists, record producers, and festival promoters downplayed the theatricality of early blues in favor of notions of authenticity, virtuoso blues artists used dance, comedy, costume, and other theatrical conventions to great effect throughout the twentieth century.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (296 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780822376316

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