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

This first volume of Music in Black American Life collects research and analysis from American Music and the Black Music Research Journal, and the University of Illinois Press's Music in American Life book series. It explores topics such as colonial America's Black music-making, lesser-known genres, the jubilee industry, and jazz, blues, and Black gospel innovators, providing a gateway to the history and impact of Black music in the United States.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 30 August 2022
Publisher: University of Illinois Press

This first volume of Music in Black American Life gathers research and analysis that originally appeared in the journals American Music and the Black Music Research Journal, as well as in the University of Illinois Press's acclaimed book series Music in American Life. In these selections, experts from a diverse range of disciplines engage with fundamental issues in ways that have reshaped our understanding of Black music. The topics covered include the culturally and musically rich Black music-making of colonial America, the lesser-known genres practiced by Black artists such as string bands, the jubilee industry and its audiences, and the trailblazers in jazz, blues, and Black gospel.

Eclectic and essential, Music in Black American Life, 1600–1945 serves as a gateway for specialists and students alike to explore the history and profound 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
Charles Wolfe

Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780252086656