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Authentic blues : its history and its themes / by Robert Springer ; English translation by André J.M. Prévos and the author.

Title
  2. Authentic blues : its history and its themes / by Robert Springer ; English translation by André J.M. Prévos and the author.
Published by
  1. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c1995.
Author
  1. Springer, Robert, 1946-

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Description
  1. xiv, 199 p.; 24 cm.
Series statement
  2. Studies in the history and interpretation of music ; v. 47
Uniform title
  1. Blues authentique. English
  2. Studies in the history and interpretation of music v. 47.
Alternative title
  1. Blues authentique.
Subject
  1. African Americans -- History and criticism
  2. Blues (Music) -- History and criticism
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Contents
  1. Afro-American Music -- The Blues -- Ch. I. The Precursors. The Minstrel Shows. The Medicine Shows. The Songsters -- Ch. II. Rural Blues. Mississippi and Arkansas. The Delta. Other Blues Locales. Texas and Louisiana. The East Coast. Memphis. Saint Louis -- Ch. III. The Classic Blues. The Commercialization of the Blues -- Ch. IV. Modern Blues. City Blues (1928-1945). Kansas City Blues (1935-1945). Urban Blues (1945-1960). Contemporary Blues (1960-The Present).
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-199).
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain