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Spirituals and the birth of a black entertainment industry / Sandra Jean Graham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Graham, Sandra J. (Sandra Jean), author.
- Series:
- Music in American life.
- Music in American life
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Music--History and criticism.
- African Americans.
- Jubilee singers.
- Spirituals (Songs)--United States--19th century--History and criticism.
- Spirituals (Songs).
- Minstrel shows--United States--History--19th century.
- Minstrel shows.
- Blackface.
- Racism against Black people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- Spirituals performed by jubilee troupes became a sensation in post-Civil War America. First brought to the stage by choral ensembles like the Fisk Jubilee Singers, spirituals anchored a wide range of late 19th-century entertainments, including minstrelsy, variety, and plays by both black and white companies. In this work on postbellum spirituals in theatrical entertainments, Sandra Jean Graham mines a trove of resources to chart the spiritual's journey from the private lives of slaves to the concert stage. Graham navigates the conflicting agendas of those who, in adapting spirituals for their own ends, sold conceptions of racial identity to their patrons.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Folk Spiritual
- Part One: The Rise of a Jubilee Industry
- 2. The Jubilee Singers of Fisk University
- 3. The Fisk Concert Spiritual
- 4. Innovators, Imitators, and a Jubilee Industry
- Part Two: Spirituals for the Masses
- 5. The Minstrel Show Gets Religion
- 6. Commercial Spirituals
- 7. Spirituals in Uncle Tom Shows, Melodramas, and Spectacles
- 8. Blurring Boundaries between Traditional and Commercial
- Conclusion: Lessons and Legacies
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780252050305
- 0252050304
- OCLC:
- 1030040840
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