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Words and songs of Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone : sound motion, blues spirit, and African memory / Melanie E. Bratcher.

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Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML3479 .B73 2007
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bratcher, Melanie E.
Series:
Studies in African American history and culture
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Simone, Nina, 1933-2003.
Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959.
Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937.
African Americans--Music--History and criticism.
African Americans.
African Americans--Music.
Blues (Music)--History and criticism.
Blues (Music).
Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937--Criticism and interpretation.
Smith, Bessie.
Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959--Criticism and interpretation.
Holiday, Billie.
Simone, Nina, 1933-2003--Criticism and interpretation.
Simone, Nina.
Criticism and interpretation.
Physical Description:
xvii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : Routledge, [2007]
Summary:
This book explores the relationship between three African American women's dance-art-music sensibilities within the context of a Pan African aesthetic.
Contents:
Catching the blues spirit
Musing African memory
Three women
Sound motion and spirit.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-239), discography (page 169), and index.
ISBN:
0415980291
9780415980296
OCLC:
82367957

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