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LOST SOUNDS
BLACKS AND THE BIRTH OF THE RECORDING INDUSTRY, 1890-1919 |
| By: |
Tim Brooks |
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Hardback |
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£103.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0252028503 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780252028502 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
24 February, 2004 |
| Series: |
Music in American Life |
| Pages: |
656 |
| Description: |
Focuses on the history of the involvement of African-Americans in the early recording industry. This book charts the roles black artists played in the period leading up to the Jazz Age. It identifies key black artists who recorded commercially in a wide range of genres and provides biographies of some forty of these audio pioneers. |
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Biographies of the first African-American recording stars, and how they succeeded against tremendous odds. |
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US |
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University of Illinois Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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