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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811112603321

Autore

Abbott Lynn <1946->

Titolo

Ragged but right : black traveling shows, "coon songs," and the dark pathway to blues and jazz / / Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2007

ISBN

1-62103-653-7

1-282-48531-8

9786612485312

1-60473-148-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (470 p.)

Collana

American made music series

Altri autori (Persone)

SeroffDoug

Disciplina

781.64089/96073

Soggetti

African Americans - Music - History and criticism

Minstrel shows - United States - History

Tent shows - United States - History

Sideshows - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-426) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Coon songs, big shows, and black stage stars of the Ragtime era -- The spirit of the smart set -- Blues for the sideshow tent -- "Under canvas" : African American tented minstrelsy and the untold story of Allen's New Orleans Minstrels, the Rabbit's Foot Company, the Florida Blossoms, and Silas Green from New Orleans.

Sommario/riassunto

The commercial explosion of ragtime in the early twentieth century created previously unimagined opportunities for black performers. However, every prospect was mitigated by systemic racism. The biggest hits of the ragtime era weren't Scott Joplin's stately piano rags. ""Coon songs,"" with their ugly name, defined ragtime for the masses. Though the name itself is offensive to modern ears, it is impossible to investigate black popular entertainment of the ragtime era without directly confronting the ""coon songs"" which cleared the way for the ""original blues."". In Ragged but Right Lynn Abbot