Music in Black American Life, 1600-1945: A University of Illinois Press Anthology (Music in American Life)

By: Laurie Matheson and R. Reid Badger and Rae Linda Brown and Samuel A. Floyd and Sandra Jean Graham and Jeffrey Magee and Robert M. Marovich and Harriet Ottenheimer and Eileen Southern and Katrina Dyonne Thompson and Stephen Wade and Charles Wolfe

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Synopsis: This first volume of Music in Black American Life collects research and analysis that originally appeared in the journals American Music and the Black Music Research Journal, and in the University of Illinois Press's acclaimed book series Music in American Life. In these selections, experts from a cross-section of disciplines engage with fundamental issues in ways that changed our perceptions of Black music. The topics includes the culturally and musically complex Black music-making of colonial America; string bands and other lesser-known genres practiced by Black artists; the jubilee industry and its audiences; and innovators in jazz, blues, and Black gospel. Eclectic and essential, Music in Black American Life, 1600–1945 offers specialists and students alike a gateway to the history and impact of Black music in the United States. Contributors: R. Reid Badger, Rae Linda Brown, Samuel A. Floyd Jr., Sandra Jean Graham, Jeffrey Magee, Robert M. Marovich, Harriet Ottenheimer, Eileen Southern, Katrina Dyonne Thompson, Stephen Wade, and Charles Wolfe