African American Music: An Introduction

Book Overview

African American Music: An Introduction is a collection of thirty essays by leading scholars whch survey major African American musical genres, both sacred and secular, from slavery to the present.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415941385
• ISBN13: 9780415941389
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 707 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.1" x 9.9"

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Comprehensive book

This book was very comprehensive I can't think of anything it has left out

A college-level introduction perfect for classroom text use or library reference

Co-edited by Mellonee V. Burnim and Portia K. Maultsby for a college-level introduction perfect for classroom text use or library reference, you can't go wrong with African American Music: An Introduction - it gathers thirty essays by leading scholars to survey major Afro-American musical genres both sacred and secular over the extent of American history, uses studies from both ethnographic fieldwork and recordings, and adds biography, photos and illustrations, and references which bring the scholarly focus to life. The blend of scholarly research, field research and cultural observation makes African American Music: An Introduction the perfect text for study.