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Mother of the blues : a study of Ma Rainey / Sandra R. Lieb.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML420.R274 L5
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lieb, Sandra R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939.
- Rainey, Ma.
- African American singers--Biography.
- African American singers.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xvii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 226 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits, music ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Amherst] : The University of Massachusetts Press, 1981.
- Contents:
- The Paramount Wildcat: An introduction to the life and times of Ma Rainey
- "Blame it on the Blues": Ma Rainey's style
- "Blues About a Man the Worst I've Ever Had": The themes of Ma Rainey's love songs
- That same please, That same pain: Comic songs and songs of cynicism.
- Notes:
- Contains discography (pages [175]-185).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-215) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- Banks Collection copy has embossed stamp "JB The Library of Joanna Banks".
- ISBN:
- 0870233343 :
- OCLC:
- 7283419
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