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Lift every voice : the history of African American music
Title:
Lift every voice : the history of African American music
Author:
Peretti, Burton W. (Burton William), 1961-
Publication Information:
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2009]

©2009
Physical Description:
xv, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Language:
English
Contents:
From West Africa to slavery -- Jubilee and Tin Pan Alley : contrasting sounds of freedom -- The rise of ragtime and the blues -- The emergence of jazz -- Jazz at the Philharmonic : the jazz avant-garde and black classical expression -- Gospel, freedom songs, and the struggle for equality -- Black popular music as big business.
ISBN:
9780742558113
Format :
Book