The Black Musician and the White City : Race and Music in Chicago, 1900-1967
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| Titel: | The Black Musician and the White City : Race and Music in Chicago, 1900-1967 |
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| Beschreibung: | Amy Absher's The Black Musician and the White City tells the story of African American musicians in Chicago during the mid-twentieth century. While depicting the segregated city before World War II, Absher traces the migration of black musicians, both men and women and both classical and vernacular performers, from the American South to Chicago during the 1930s to 1950s. Absher's work diverges from existing studies in three ways: First, she takes the history beyond the study of jazz and blues by examining the significant role that classically trained black musicians played in building the Chicago South Side community. By acknowledging the presence and importance of classical musicians, Absher argues that black migrants in Chicago had diverse education and economic backgrounds but found common cause in the city's music community. Second, Absher brings numerous maps to the history, illustrating the relationship between Chicago's physical lines of segregation and the geography of black music in the city over the years. Third, Absher's use of archival sources is both extensive and original, drawing on manuscript and oral history collections at the Center for Black Music Research in Chicago, Columbia University, Rutgers's Institute of Jazz Studies, and Tulane's Hogan Jazz Archive. By approaching the Chicago black musical community from these previously untapped angles, Absher offers a history that goes beyond the retelling of the achievements of the famous musicians by discussing musicians as a group. In The Black Musician and the White City, black musicians are the leading actors, thinkers, organizers, and critics of their own story. |
| Autoren: | Amy Absher |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Schlagworte: | Music and race--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century, African American musicians--Illinois--Chicago, Music trade--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century, African Americans--Illinois--Chicago--Music--History and criticism, Popular music--Illinois--Chicago--History and criticism, Popular music--Social aspects--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century, African American musicians--Labor unions--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century, Musicians--Labor unions--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th |
| Categories: | HISTORY / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, MUSIC / History & Criticism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies |
| Datenbank: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Amy Absher's The Black Musician and the White City tells the story of African American musicians in Chicago during the mid-twentieth century. While depicting the segregated city before World War II, Absher traces the migration of black musicians, both men and women and both classical and vernacular performers, from the American South to Chicago during the 1930s to 1950s. Absher's work diverges from existing studies in three ways: First, she takes the history beyond the study of jazz and blues by examining the significant role that classically trained black musicians played in building the Chicago South Side community. By acknowledging the presence and importance of classical musicians, Absher argues that black migrants in Chicago had diverse education and economic backgrounds but found common cause in the city's music community. Second, Absher brings numerous maps to the history, illustrating the relationship between Chicago's physical lines of segregation and the geography of black music in the city over the years. Third, Absher's use of archival sources is both extensive and original, drawing on manuscript and oral history collections at the Center for Black Music Research in Chicago, Columbia University, Rutgers's Institute of Jazz Studies, and Tulane's Hogan Jazz Archive. By approaching the Chicago black musical community from these previously untapped angles, Absher offers a history that goes beyond the retelling of the achievements of the famous musicians by discussing musicians as a group. In The Black Musician and the White City, black musicians are the leading actors, thinkers, organizers, and critics of their own story. |
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| ISBN: | 9780472119172 9780472029983 9780472900961 |