Biographical Dictionary Of Afro American And African Musicians

Author : Eileen Southern
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : IND:39000005675819

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Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians by Eileen Southern Pdf

"The stimulus this handsomely produced volume will provide to research and teaching may well surpass that offered by Dr. Southern's earlier studies. This major accomplishment belongs in the libraries of all individuals and institutions interested in any aspect of American music." Ethnomusiciology

Author : Eileen Southern
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:49015002902865

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Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians by Eileen Southern Pdf

"The stimulus this handsomely produced volume will provide to research and teaching may well surpass that offered by Dr. Southern's earlier studies. This major accomplishment belongs in the libraries of all individuals and institutions interested in any aspect of American music." Ethnomusiciology

Author : Rachel Kranz
Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438198774

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Biographical Dictionary of African Americans, Revised Edition by Rachel Kranz Pdf

For centuries, African Americans have made important contributions to American culture. From Crispus Attucks, whose death marked the start of the Revolutionary War, to Oprah Winfrey, perhaps the most recognizable and influential TV personality today, black men and women have played an integral part in American history. This greatly expanded and updated edition of our best-selling volume, The Biographical Dictionary of Black Americans, Revised Edition profiles more than 250 of America's important, influential, and fascinating black figures, past and present—in all fields, including the arts, entertainment, politics, science, sports, the military, literature, education, the media, religion, and many more.

Author : Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong,Henry Louis Gates (Jr.)
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 3382 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780195382075

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Dictionary of African Biography by Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong,Henry Louis Gates (Jr.) Pdf

From the Pharaohs to Fanon, Dictionary of African Biography provides a comprehensive overview of the lives of the men and women who shaped Africa's history. Unprecedented in scale, DAB covers the whole continent from Tunisia to South Africa, from Sierra Leone to Somalia. It also encompasses the full scope of history from Queen Hatsheput of Egypt (1490-1468 BC) and Hannibal, the military commander and strategist of Carthage (243-183 BC), to Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana (1909-1972), Miriam Makeba and Nelson Mandela of South Africa (1918 -).

Author : Mary K. Mannix,Fred Burchsted
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838912959

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Guide to Reference in Genealogy and Biography by Mary K. Mannix,Fred Burchsted Pdf

Profiling more than 1400 print and electronic sources, this book helps connect librarians and researchers to the most relevant sources of information in genealogy and biography.

Author : Larry G. Murphy,J. Gordon Melton,Gary L. Ward
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781135513382

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Encyclopedia of African American Religions by Larry G. Murphy,J. Gordon Melton,Gary L. Ward Pdf

Preceded by three introductory essays and a chronology of major events in black religious history from 1618 to 1991, this A-Z encyclopedia includes three types of entries: * Biographical sketches of 773 African American religious leaders * 341 entries on African American denominations and religious organizations (including white churches with significant black memberships and educational institutions) * Topical articles on important aspects of African American religious life (e.g., African American Christians during the Colonial Era, Music in the African American Church)

Author : Tim Brooks,Richard Keith Spottswood
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780252028502

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Lost Sounds by Tim Brooks,Richard Keith Spottswood Pdf

Available in paperback for the first time, this groundbreaking in-depth history of the involvement of African Americans in the early recording industry examines the first three decades of sound recording in the United States, charting the surprising roles black artists played in the period leading up to the Jazz Age and the remarkably wide range of black music and culture they preserved. Applying more than thirty years of scholarship, Tim Brooks identifies key black artists who recorded commercially and provides illuminating biographies for some forty of these audio pioneers. Brooks assesses the careers and recordings of George W. Johnson, Bert Williams, George Walker, Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, W. C. Handy, James Reese Europe, Wilbur Sweatman, Harry T. Burleigh, Roland Hayes, Booker T. Washington, and boxing champion Jack Johnson, as well as a host of lesser-known voices. Many of these pioneers faced a difficult struggle to be heard in an era of rampant discrimination and "the color line," and their stories illuminate the forces--both black and white--that gradually allowed African Americans greater entree into the mainstream American entertainment industry. The book also discusses how many of these historic recordings are withheld from the public today because of stringent U.S. copyright laws. Lost Sounds includes Brooks's selected discography of CD reissues, and an appendix by Dick Spottswood describing early recordings by black artists in the Caribbean and South America.

Author : James V. Hatch,Leo Hamalian
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1992-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814338476

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The Roots of African American Drama by James V. Hatch,Leo Hamalian Pdf

This volume rescues from obscurity thirteen plays by early African American writers.

Author : Arvarh E. Strickland,Robert E. Weems Jr.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2000-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313065002

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The African American Experience by Arvarh E. Strickland,Robert E. Weems Jr. Pdf

Compared to the early decades of the 20th century, when scholarly writing on African Americans was limited to a few titles on slavery, Reconstruction, and African American migration, the last thirty years have witnessed an explosion of works on the African American experience. With the Civil Rights and Black Power movements of the 1960s came an increasing demand for the study and teaching of African American history followed by the publication of increasing numbers of titles on African American life and history. This volume provides a comprehensive bibliographical and analytical guide to this growing body of literature as well as an analysis of how the study of African Americans has changed.

Author : Chester Hedgepeth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015020836436

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Twentieth-century African-American Writers and Artists by Chester Hedgepeth Pdf

Biographical and critical information on contemporary African-American artists. Each entry includes birth and death dates, education, awards, and affiliations.

Author : Robert L. Harris,Rosalyn Terborg-Penn
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231138109

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The Columbia Guide to African American History Since 1939 by Robert L. Harris,Rosalyn Terborg-Penn Pdf

A multifaceted approach to understanding the central developments in African American history since 1939. It combines a historical overview of key personalities and movements with essays on specific facets of the African American experience, a chronology of events, and a guide to further study. From publisher description.

Author : Jessie Carney Smith
Publisher : Visible Ink Press
Page : 849 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781578594245

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Black Firsts by Jessie Carney Smith Pdf

Achievement engenders pride, and the most significant accomplishments involving people, places, and events in black history are gathered in Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Events.

Author : Lemuel Berry (Jr.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : African American musicians
ISBN : STANFORD:36105042541693

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Biographical Dictionary of Black Musicians and Music Educators by Lemuel Berry (Jr.) Pdf

Author : Allen Scott
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780253014566

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Sourcebook for Research in Music, Third Edition by Allen Scott Pdf

Since it was first published in 1993, the Sourcebook for Research in Music has become an invaluable resource in musical scholarship. The balance between depth of content and brevity of format makes it ideal for use as a textbook for students, a reference work for faculty and professional musicians, and as an aid for librarians. The introductory chapter includes a comprehensive list of bibliographical terms with definitions; bibliographic terms in German, French, and Italian; and the plan of the Library of Congress and the Dewey Decimal music classification systems. Integrating helpful commentary to instruct the reader on the scope and usefulness of specific items, this updated and expanded edition accounts for the rapid growth in new editions of standard works, in fields such as ethnomusicology, performance practice, women in music, popular music, education, business, and music technology. These enhancements to its already extensive bibliographies ensures that the Sourcebook will continue to be an indispensable reference for years to come.

Author : Henry Louis Gates (Jr.),Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780195387957

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Harlem Renaissance Lives from the African American National Biography by Henry Louis Gates (Jr.),Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham Pdf

The Harlem Renaissance is the best known and most widely studied cultural movement in African American history. Now, in Harlem Renaissance Lives, esteemed scholars Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham have selected 300 key biographical entries culled from the eight-volume African American National Biography, providing an authoritative who's who of this seminal period. Here readers will find engagingly written and authoritative articles on notable African Americans who made significant contributions to literature, drama, music, visual art, or dance, including such central figures as poet Langston Hughes, novelist Zora Neale Hurston, aviator Bessie Coleman, blues singer Ma Rainey, artist Romare Bearden, dancer Josephine Baker, jazzman Louis Armstrong, and the intellectual giant W. E. B. Du Bois. Also included are biographies of people like the Scottsboro Boys, who were not active within the movement but who nonetheless profoundly affected the artistic and political statements that came from Harlem Renaissance figures. The volume will also feature a preface by the editors, an introductory essay by historian Cary D. Wintz, and 75 illustrations.