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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154322503321

Autore

Decker Todd R

Titolo

Who should sing Ol' man river? : the lives of an American song

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

ISBN

0-19-938920-9

0-19-938922-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)

Disciplina

782.1/4

Soggetti

Music and race - History - 20th century - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.

Sommario/riassunto

'Who Should Sing Ol' Man River?' tells the almost 80-year performance history of a great popular song. Examining over 200 recorded and filmed versions of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's classic song, the book reveals the power of performers to remake one popular song into many different guises.