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UNINA9910777486903321 |
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Autore |
Badger Reid |
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Titolo |
A life in ragtime [[electronic resource] ] : a biography of James Reese Europe / / Reid Badger |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-52419-7 |
0-19-534520-7 |
1-4294-0102-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (355 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Jazz musicians - United States |
Bandmasters - United States |
Ragtime music - History and criticism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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List of Europe's works: p. 231-234. |
Discography: p. [235]-240. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Prelude; 1. ""Down Home Rag""; 2. ""Washington Post March""; 3. ""On the Gay Luneta""; 4. ""Lorraine Waltzes""; 5. ""The Clef Club March""; 6. ""What It Takes to Make Me Love You-You've Got It""; 7. ""Castle House Rag""; 8. ""The National Negro March""; 9. Watch Your Step; 10. ""The Rat-A-Tat Drummer Boy""; 11. ""The Separate Battalion""; 12. ""Over There""; 13. ""On Patrol in No Man's Land""; 14. Filling France Full of Jazz; 15. ""All of No Man's Land Is Ours""; 16. ""Flee as a Bird""; Coda; Appendix 1 The Musical Compositions of James Reese Europe |
Appendix 2 James Reese Europe DiscographyNotes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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James Reese Europe is one of the important transitional figures in American music. As a composer at the height of ragtime, he had a strong influence on the first generation of jazz musicians who were to follow. Europe's life reveals much about the role of black musicians in American culture in a period when it was presumed they had little |
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