Black American music: past and present / by Hildred Roach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roach, Hildred.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Music--History and criticism.

African Americans.

African Americans--Music.

Music--United States--History and criticism.

Music.

United States.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

vii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 199 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations, maps, portraits, music ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Crescendo Publishing Co., [1973]

Contents:

Part One: The Beginning (1619-1870's). Slave Era: The Black Man in Colonial America; African Heritage: An Influence in Musical Tradition; Early Folk Music; Spirituals

Part Two: The Awakening (1870's-1950's). Modern Period: Emergence of Black Professionals; Black Minstrels; Jazz: Its Definition, History and Influence; Jazz Forms, Styles, Techniques and Performance; Jazz Composers; Art Music: Its Definition, Trends and Composers

Part Three: Freedom Now (1950's-1970's). Contemporary Period: The Black Revolution; New Africa: A Cyclic Return; Contemporary Jazz; Contemporary Forms, Trends and Composers of New Music; The Future: Art Music versus Popular Music?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, discography, chronology and index (pages 183-199).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy has ms. annotations and card stapled to back cover with history of Afro American music courses inserted.

ISBN:

0875970796

OCLC:

749464