Black Music in the Harlem Renaissance

A Collection of Essays

Inbunden, Engelska, 1990

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Beskrivning

By the mid-1920s, the Harlem Renaissance was underway. As an effort to secure economic, social, and cultural equality with white citizens, the Renaissance years were a proving period for black composers and performers. Black Music in the Harlem Renaissance explores black music in the United States and England during the 1920s and its relationship to other arts of the time.The first collection on the subject, Black Music in the Harlem Renaissance seeks to revise previous assumptions about music during this era. The book features essays on various subjects including musical theatre, Duke Ellington, black music and musicians in England, concert singers and the interrelationships between black painters and music. In addition, the book includes a music bibliography of works composed during the period.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1990-06-11
Mått:242 x 166 x 18 mm
Vikt:524 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780313265464

Utforska kategorier

Folkmusik inom Kultur
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

SAMUEL A. FLOYD, JR., is Director of the Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois. He has written Black Music in the United States, Black Music Biography, and numerous articles published in The Black Perspective in Music, 19th Century Music, Music Journal, and Black Music Research Journal.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Music in the Harlem Renaissance: An Overview Vindication as a Thematic Principle in the Writings of Alain Locke on the Music of Black Americans Vocal Concert Music in the Harlem Renaissance Harlem Renaissance Ideals in the Music of Robert Nathaniel Dett William Grant Still, Florence Price, and William Dawson: Echoes of the Harlem Renaissance Black Musical Theatre and the Harlem Renaissance Movement The Renaissance Education of Duke Ellington Interactions between Writers and Music during the Harlem Renaissance Interactions between Art and Music during the Harlem Renaissance The Negro Renaissance and England Bibliography of the Music: The Concert Music of the Harlem Renaissance Composers, 1919-1935 Index