Blues Lyric Poetry

Author : Michael Taft
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015019629065

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Blues Lyric Poetry by Michael Taft Pdf

This computer-generated anthology serves as a companion to Taft's Blues Lyric Poetry: a Concordance and gives the user the complete poetic context for every word, phrase or line in which he is interested. He also provides a selection of blues lyrics which have never appeared in print before or are scattered. Taft has transcribed over 2,000 blues lyrics from recordings made between 1920 and 1942 and includes over 350 singers such as Josh White, Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Johnson and Ma Rainey. The anthology includes both country and urban, male and female, "downhome" and vaudeville singers. The songs are arranged according to singer and under each singer, according to dates of recording and sequences in the recording sessions. Information given includes singer, title, place, date and record numbers. The final section is a line-concordance index to the titles of the songs. ISBN 0-8240-9235-X (alk. paper) : $75.00 (For use only in the library).

Author : Michael Taft
Publisher : Scholarly Title
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : UOM:39015011256784

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Blues Lyric Poetry by Michael Taft Pdf

Author : Michael Taft
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135485993

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The Blues Lyric Formula by Michael Taft Pdf

This book is the first rigourous and detailed exploration of exactly how blues singers used formulas to create songs, and it more than amply fills the gap in the the study of the blues, where the structure and content of the lyrics have been less fully explored than the musical form. Focusing on the songs recorded by African-American singers for pre-World War Two commercial recording companies, this is an excellent structural analysis of the formulaic composistion of blues lyrics. This book gives a step-by-step description of the rules implicit in this formulaic structure and inspires new discussion of lyric structures. A wide array of readers will find this insightful and informative: from students of African-American music, cultural studies, history and linguistics, to Blues fans fascinated by exactly how the lyrics of this influential music style are written.

Author : Jan Zwicky,Brad Cran
Publisher : Arsenal Pulp Press
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Blues (Music)
ISBN : 1894442016

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Why I Sing the Blues by Jan Zwicky,Brad Cran Pdf

A magnificent anthology of blues poems/songs by some of Canada's best poets; on the accompanying CD, the poems are masterfully interpreted by Canadian west coast blues artists. Writing contributors include Ken Babstock, bill bissett, George Elliott Clarke, Lynn Coady, Lorna Crozier, Barry Dempster, Patrick Friesen, Mark Jarman, Ryan Knighton, Robert Kroetsch, Patrick Lane, Dennis Lee, David W. McFadden, Don McKay, P.K. Page, Karen Solie, Sharon Thesen, and Fred Wah. A publication of Smoking Lung Press.

Author : Samuel Charters
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780486839585

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The Poetry of the Blues by Samuel Charters Pdf

"A signal event in the history of the music." — Ted Gioia. A noted blues historian and folklorist explores blues lyrics as poetry, quoting lyrics at length to reveal their depth of feeling and incorporation of complex literary forms.

Author : Eric Sackheim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Music
ISBN : 0880013281

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The Blues Line by Eric Sackheim Pdf

Author : Kevin Young
Publisher : Everyman's Library
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780375414589

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Blues Poems by Kevin Young Pdf

Born in African American work songs, field hollers, and the powerful legacy of the spirituals, the blues traveled the country from the Mississippi delta to “Sweet Home Chicago,” forming the backbone of American music. In this anthology–the first devoted exclusively to blues poems–a wide array of poets pay tribute to the form and offer testimony to its lasting power. The blues have left an indelible mark on the work of a diverse range of poets: from “The Weary Blues” by Langston Hughes and “Funeral Blues” by W. H. Auden, to “Blues on Yellow” by Marilyn Chin and “Reservation Blues” by Sherman Alexie. Here are blues-influenced and blues-inflected poems from, among others, Gwendolyn Brooks, Allen Ginsberg, June Jordan, Richard Wright, Nikki Giovanni, Charles Wright, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Cornelius Eady. And here, too, are classic song lyrics–poems in their own right–from Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Ma Rainey, and Muddy Waters. The rich emotional palette of the blues is fully represented here in verse that pays tribute to the heart and humor of the music, and in poems that swing with its history and hard-bitten hope.

Author : Constance Merritt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0997914912

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Blind Girl Grunt by Constance Merritt Pdf

These poems are brilliant and dangerous. The opening poem, "Invisible Woman, Dancing," is the best protest poem of the decade. The speaker attends a party full of casual, good-intentioned racists and ableists. The ending of the poem is explosive. Constance Merritt shows incredible range - erotic poems to a wayward lover; blues lyrics so rhythmic I can nearly hear the guitar; and devotional poems that offer "this, you know, is love, is all, the end." Blind Girl Grunt is a major work by a major poet. -Jillian Weise Merritt's latest collection is a back in bend-bend in love, bend in prayer, and bend in anger. A Blues infiltrates these lines and stanzas, ready to sing and stay (as any devoted lover) through the long haul. And the haul here is a woman, her myriad contents, in medias res. -CM Burroughs Beyond their shared-and dazzling-immunity to taboos, the poems in Constance Merritt's fourth book are very different from each other. Different in form, from stern villanelles to get-drunk-on-them blues poems to wandering narratives. And they are different in their tones, with ruthless self-awareness next to sexy lullaby next to persuasive rage at being "unmoored and vanishing" beyond "the flag of whiteness." Even within single poems, tone is protean. "The Less Than Greater Than Blues" is goofily playful and also as blunt as blunt gets about the roots of the suffering we cause each other. The penultimate poem "Advent" shifts between a longing that intends to wreck and a longing that intends to redeem. In fact the book as a whole shifts between these longings. As do we. Merritt implicates us gently but without hesitation, wrapping us into the "brilliant skin, the ruinous eyes, / the body poised in transit" that opens the collection and that judges and blesses, throughout it. Blind Girl Grunt is supple, and rigorous, and so surprising. It is vital. -Taije Silverman

Author : M. McGeachy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137117656

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Lonesome Words by M. McGeachy Pdf

The tenth-century Old English lament and twentieth-century blues song each speak the language of a distinct poetic tradition, yet the voices are remarkably similar in their emotive expression of loneliness. This innovative study juxtaposes the texts of each corpus to explore the features that characterize their vocal poetics

Author : James Charles Cobb
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0820321397

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Redefining Southern Culture by James Charles Cobb Pdf

Cobb, "surveys the remarkable story of southern identity and its persistence in the face of sweeping changes in the South's economy, society and political structure."--dust jacket.

Author : Jeff Todd Titon
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Music
ISBN : 0252061306

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Downhome Blues Lyrics by Jeff Todd Titon Pdf

"A collection of outstanding folk blues lyrics composed and sung by black Americans and sold on commercial records in American black communities during the dozen or so year following World War II."--Preface.

Author : Edward Komara,Greg Johnson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-07
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780810889224

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100 Books Every Blues Fan Should Own by Edward Komara,Greg Johnson Pdf

Search the Internet for the 100 best songs or best albums. Dozens of lists will appear from aficionados to major music personalities. But what if you not only love listening to the blues or country music or jazz or rock, you love reading about it, too. How do you separate what matters from what doesn’t among the hundreds—sometimes thousands—of books on the music you so love? In the Best Music Books series, readers finally have a quick-and-ready list of the most important works published on modern major music genres by leading experts. In 100 Books Every Blues Fan Should Own, Edward Komara, former Blues Archivist of the University of Mississippi, and his successor Greg Johnson select those histories, biographies, surveys, transcriptions and studies from the many hundreds of works that have been published about this vital American musical genre. Komara and Johnson provide a short description of the contents and the achievement of each title selected for their “Blues 100.” Entries include full bibliographic citations, prices of copies in print, and even descriptions of specific editions for book collectors. 100 Books Every Blues Fan Should Own also includes suggested blues recordings to accompany each recommended work, as well as a concluding section on key reference titles—or as Komara and Johnson phrase it: “The Books behind the Blues 100.” 100 Books Every Blues Fan Should Own serves as a guide for any blues fan looking for a road map through the history of—and even history of the scholarship on—the blues. Here Komara and Johnson answer the question of not only what is a “blues” book, but which ones are worth owning.

Author : Michael Taft
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781136734014

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Talkin' to Myself by Michael Taft Pdf

Talkin' to Myself: Blues Lyrics, 1921-1942 is a compendium of lyrics by the great blues recording artists of the classic blues era. It includes over 2000 songs, transcribed directly from the original recordings, making it by far the most comprehensive and accurate collection of blues lyrics available.

Author : Delridge LaVeon Hunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 1878433334

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The Lyric Poet by Delridge LaVeon Hunter Pdf

Author : Steven Carl Tracy
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : AFRICAN AMERICANS--FOLKLORE.
ISBN : 0252069854

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Langston Hughes & the Blues by Steven Carl Tracy Pdf

"Drawing on a deep understanding of the shades and structures of the blues, Steven C. Tracy elucidates the vital relationship between this musical form and the art of Langston Hughes, preeminent poet of the Harlem Renaissance. Tracy provides a cultural context for the poet's work and shows how Hughes mined African-American oral and literary traditions to create his blues-inspired poetry. Through a detailed comparison of Hughes's poems to blues texts, Tracy demonstrates how the poetics, structures, rhythms, and musical techniques of the blues are reflected in Hughes's experimental forms. The volume also includes a discography of recordings by the blues artists--Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and others-who most influenced Hughes, updated in a new introduction by the author."