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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McGinley, Paige A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Blues (Music) > History and criticism.
Performance practice (Music) > Southern States > History > 20th century.
Pratique de l'exécution (Musique) > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Blues.
Blues (Music)
Performance practice (Music)
Southern States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Beale on broadway
  • Real personality : the blues actress
  • Theater folk : Huddie ledbetter on the stage
  • Southern exposure : transatlantic blues
  • Highway 61 revisited : blues tourism at ground zero.

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