Black music in the Harlem Renaissance : a collection of essays
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Black music in the Harlem Renaissance : a collection of essays
(Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, no. 128)
Greenwood Press, 1990
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
By the mid-1920s, the Harlem Renaissance was underway. As an effort to secure economic, social, and cultural equality with white citizens, the Renaissance years were a proving period for black composers and performers. Black Music in the Harlem Renaissance explores black music in the United States and England during the 1920s and its relationship to other arts of the time.
The first collection on the subject, Black Music in the Harlem Renaissance seeks to revise previous assumptions about music during this era. 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. In addition, the book includes a music bibliography of works composed during the period.
Table of Contents
Preface Music in the Harlem Renaissance: An Overview Vindication as a Thematic Principle in the Writings of Alain Locke on the Music of Black Americans Vocal Concert Music in the Harlem Renaissance Harlem Renaissance Ideals in the Music of Robert Nathaniel Dett William Grant Still, Florence Price, and William Dawson: Echoes of the Harlem Renaissance Black Musical Theatre and the Harlem Renaissance Movement The Renaissance Education of Duke Ellington Interactions between Writers and Music during the Harlem Renaissance Interactions between Art and Music during the Harlem Renaissance The Negro Renaissance and England Bibliography of the Music: The Concert Music of the Harlem Renaissance Composers, 1919-1935 Index
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