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1) Negro folk music, U.S.A

Author

Courlander, Harold

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Pub. Date

[1963]

Physical Desc

x, 324 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm

Language

English

2) Negro workaday songs

Author

Odum, Howard Washington

Publisher

Negro Universities Press

Pub. Date

[1969]

Physical Desc

xii, 278 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm

Language

English

3) The Negro and his songs: a study of typical Negro songs in the South

Author

Odum, Howard Washington

Publisher

Folklore Associates, Inc

Pub. Date

1964.

Physical Desc

vii, 306 pages ; 24 cm

Language

English

4) Music

Author

Medearis, Angela Shelf

Series

African-American arts

Publisher

Twenty-First Century Books

Pub. Date

1997.

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Discusses the evolution of African-American music from its roots in the rhythms and instruments from Africa through the development of the blues, gospel, and soul to modern rock and rap.

5) Mules and men

Author

Hurston, Zora Neale

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

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"Simply the most exciting book on black folklore and culture I have ever read." —Roger D. Abrahams

Mules and Men is the first great collection of black America's folk world. In the 1930's, Zora Neale Hurston returned to her "native village" of Eatonville, Florida to record the oral histories, sermons and songs, dating back to the time of slavery, which she remembered hearing as a child. In her quest, she found herself and

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6) The Songs of the Jubilee Singers

Publisher

W.J. Gibbs

Pub. Date

[1922?]

Physical Desc

139 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm

Language

English

7) Conjugations and reiterations

Author

Murray, Albert

Publisher

Pantheon Books

Pub. Date

[2001]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

73 pages ; 20 cm

Language

English

8) Chicago breakdown

Author

Rowe, Mike

Publisher

Drake Publishers

Pub. Date

1975.

Physical Desc

226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Language

English

9) The power of Black music: interpreting its history from Africa to the United States

Author

Floyd, Samuel A

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Language

English

10) Blues people: Negro music in white America

Author

Baraka, Amiri

Publisher

W. Morrow

Pub. Date

1963.

Physical Desc

xii, 244 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

11) Steamboatin' days: folk songs of the river packet era

Author

Wheeler, Mary

Publisher

Louisiana State University press

Pub. Date

1944.

Physical Desc

x, 121 pages : illustrations, music ; 27 cm

Language

English

12) The Talking blues

Publisher

Folkways

Pub. Date

c1958

Physical Desc

1 online resource.

Language

English

13) Afro-American folksongs: a study in racial and national music

Author

Krehbiel, Henry Edward

Publisher

G. Schirmer

Pub. Date

[1914]

Physical Desc

xii, 176 pages ; 24 cm

Language

English

14) Nowhere to run: the story of soul music

Author

Hirshey, Gerri

Publisher

Times Books

Pub. Date

[1984]

Physical Desc

xvi, 384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

15) American Negro folk-songs

Author

White, Newman Ivey

Publisher

Folklore Associates

Pub. Date

1965.

Physical Desc

xxiv, 501 pages ; 22 cm

Language

English

16) Hal Russel & NRG Ensemble

Author

Russell, Hal

Publisher

Nessa

Pub. Date

1981

Physical Desc

1 online resource (47 min.)

Language

English

17) All that jazz!

Author

Wheaton, Jack

Publisher

Ardsley House

Pub. Date

[1994]

Physical Desc

xx, 379 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm

Language

English

18) Black cameos

Author

Kennedy, R. Emmet

Publisher

A. & C. Doni

Pub. Date

1924.

Physical Desc

xxv pages 2 ., 3-210 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Language

English

19) The music of black Americans: a history

Author

Southern, Eileen

Publisher

Norton

Pub. Date

[1997]

Edition

Third edition.

Physical Desc

xxii, 678 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

20) "Somebody's calling my name": Black sacred music and social change

Author

Walker, Wyatt Tee

Publisher

Judson Press

Pub. Date

[1979]

Physical Desc

208 pages : music ; 23 cm

Language

English

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1) Negro folk music, U.S.A

2) Negro workaday songs

3) The Negro and his songs: a study of typical Negro songs in the South

4) Music

5) Mules and men

6) The Songs of the Jubilee Singers

7) Conjugations and reiterations

8) Chicago breakdown

9) The power of Black music: interpreting its history from Africa to the United States

10) Blues people: Negro music in white America

11) Steamboatin' days: folk songs of the river packet era

12) The Talking blues

13) Afro-American folksongs: a study in racial and national music

14) Nowhere to run: the story of soul music

15) American Negro folk-songs

16) Hal Russel & NRG Ensemble

17) All that jazz!

18) Black cameos

19) The music of black Americans: a history

20) "Somebody's calling my name": Black sacred music and social change

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