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003    OCoLC
005    20141212005348.0
008    061226s2007    vtu      b    001 0 eng  
010      2006103236
020    0870470779 (pbk.)
020    9780870470776 (pbk.)
035    (Sirsi) o78774666
035    (OCoLC)78774666
040    DLC |cDLC |dBTCTA |dBAKER |dYDXCP |dOCLCG |dTSU |dUtOrBLW
049    EREM
050 00 ML3477 |b.L425 2007
082 00 781.640973 |222
100 1  Lee, Vera, |d1923- |=^A24805
245 14 The black and white of American popular music : |bfrom slavery to World War II / |cby Vera Lee ; preface by Ellis Marsalis.
260    Rochester, VT : |bSchenkman Books, |c©2007.
300    xii, 363 pages ; |c21 cm
336    text |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |2rdamedia
338    volume |2rdacarrier
500    Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-352) and index.
505 0  Black music in a white world -- Discovery: from Black culture to white commodity -- Arrival: the color of ragtime -- The white female: from reality to song -- The African-American female: from reality to song -- Breaking in: musical comedy from the turn of the century to the Depression -- Crossing over: singers and songwriters -- Quest for a public: race records and Tin Pan Alley publishers -- A rocky road: barricades and breakthroughs -- Starting up: early jazz and dance bands -- Big bands: the Black pace setters -- Big bands: the white presence -- The fall of swing, the rise of bop -- Critics and controversy -- The dance connection -- Conclusions.
520    This book probes the interplay of black and white popular music, from the minstrel period to bebop, examining connections relations between the races in a wide variety of fields, such as musical comedy, radio, recording, songwriting, performance, industry, etc.
650  0 Popular music |zUnited States |xHistory and criticism. |=^A16413
650  0 Popular music |zUnited States |xAfrican American influences. |=^A31574
994    C0 |bERE
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