Cargando…
The Power of Black Music : Interpreting Its History from Africa to the United States.
This study of the development of African-American music and its influence in America shows how African myths and ritual - especially the "ring-shout" dances that were ubiquitous in West Africa - underlie the development of all black musical forms in the USA.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1995.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Introduction; 1 African Music, Religion, and Narrative; 2 Transformations; 3 Syncretization and Synthesis: Folk and Written Traditions; 4 African-American Modernism, Signifyin(g), and Black Music; 5 The Negro Renaissance: Harlem and Chicago Flowerings; 6 Transitions: Function and Difference in Myth and Ritual; 7 Continuity and Discontinuity: The Fifties; 8 The Sixties and After; 9 Troping the Blues: From Spirituals to the Concert Hall; 10 The Object of Call-Response: The Signifyin(g) Symbol; 11 Implications and Conclusions; Appendix; Printed Works Cited; Sound Recordings Cited.
- Films and Videotapes CitedIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.