78 blues [[electronic resource] ] : folksongs and phonographs in the American South / / John Minton

• Autore: Minton John <1957->
• Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 p.)
• Disciplina: 781.640975
• Soggetto topico: Folk music - Southern States - History and criticism; Folk songs - Southern States - History and criticism; Sound recordings - Southern States - History - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Prelude: supposing we have us a little tune here -- Learning to listen -- True relations -- Let's get this dance started -- Here's one you can all sing right with us -- A special prayer on the man that's a-catching the record -- I ought to be recording right now -- A corn licker still in Georgia -- Coda: well folks, here we are again.
• Sommario/riassunto: When record men first traveled from Chicago or invited musicians to studios in New York, these entrepreneurs had no conception how their technology would change the dynamics of what constituted a musical performance. 78 Blues: Folksongs and Phonographs in the American South covers a revolution in artist performance and audience perception through close examination of hundreds of key ""hillbilly"" and ""race"" records released between the 1920's and World War II. In the postwar period, regional strains recorded on pioneering 78 r.p.m. discs exploded into urban blues and R&B, honky-tonk and western
• Altri titoli varianti: Seventy-eight blues
• Titolo autorizzato: 78 blues
• ISBN: 1-282-48592-X; 9786612485923; 1-60473-327-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454148703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American made music series.