Lost sounds : blacks and the birth of the recording industry, 1890-1919 / Tim Brooks ; appendix of Caribbean and South American recordings by Dick Spottswood.
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TextSeries: Music in American lifePublication details: Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, 2005Description: x, 634 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cmISBN: 025207307X (pbk.) :Subject(s): African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism | Sound recording industry -- History | Music -- United States -- History and criticismDDC classification: 781.6'4149'08996073 Summary: An in-depth history of the involvement of African-Americans in the early recording industry, this text examines the first three decades of sound recording in the United States, charting the vigorous and varied roles black artists played in the period leading up to the Jazz Age. Very readable, as the author tells anecdotes which illustrate the interesting personalities involved, and the socio-political climate of the day.
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Originally published: 2004.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 589-594).
Discography: (p. 581-587).
An in-depth history of the involvement of African-Americans in the early recording industry, this text examines the first three decades of sound recording in the United States, charting the vigorous and varied roles black artists played in the period leading up to the Jazz Age. Very readable, as the author tells anecdotes which illustrate the interesting personalities involved, and the socio-political climate of the day.
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