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

• Autore: Abbott Lynn <1946->
• Pubblicazione: Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (470 p.)
• Disciplina: 781.64089/96073
• Soggetto topico: African Americans - Music - History and criticism; Minstrel shows - United States - History; Tent shows - United States - History; Sideshows - United States - History
• Altri autori: SeroffDoug
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Ragged but right
• ISBN: 1-62103-653-7; 1-282-48531-8; 9786612485312; 1-60473-148-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811112603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American made music series.