Black Music in the Harlem Renaissance: A Collection of Essays

Black Music in the Harlem Renaissance: A Collection of Essays

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This work provides an in-depth look at the role of black music within the Harlem Renaissance movement, suggesting its primacy to Renaissance philosophy and practice. Floyd holds that the music of this period was also the source of certain ambivalent attitudes on the part of the black leadership. The book features essays on various subjects including musical theatre, Duke Ellington, black music and musicians in England, concert singers and the interrelationships between black painters and music. It also includes a music bibliography of works composed during the period. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Black Music in the Harlem Renaissance: A Collection of Essays,Samuel A. Floyd,University of Tennessee Press,0870498002,20th century,African Americans,Black Musicians And Their Music,Ethnomusicology,Genres & Styles - Jazz,Harlem Renaissance,History and criticism,Music,New York,New York (State),Reference

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