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Sinful Tunes and Spirituals
Black Folk Music to the Civil War
Taschenbuch von Dena J. Epstein
Sprache: Englisch

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This classic work is being reissued with a new preface on the silver anniversary of its original publication.
This classic work is being reissued with a new preface on the silver anniversary of its original publication.
Über den Autor
Dena J. Epstein (1916-2013) was a retired assistant music librarian at the Joseph Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago, and a past president of the Music Library Association.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface to the 2003 Paperback xiii
Preface to the 1977 Edition xvii
Prologue: The African Heritage and the Middle Passage 3
Part One: Development of Black Folk Music to 1800 19
1. Early Reports of African Music in British and French America 21
La Calinda and the Banza 30
Other African Dancing 38
2. More Black Instruments and Early White Reaction 47
Drums and Other African Instruments 47
The Balafo 55
Legal Restrictions on Instruments 58
3. The Role of Music in Daily Life 63
Funerals 63
Pinkster and Other African Celebrations in the North 66
Worksongs and Other Kinds of African Singing 68
4. The Acculturation of African Music in the New World 77
The Arrival of Africans and Their Music 78
Acculaturation in New Orleans 90
5. Conversion to Christianity 100
6. Acculturated Black Musicians in the Thirteen Colonies 112
The African Jig, a Black-to-White Exchange 120
Part Two: Secular and Sacred Black Folk Music, 1800-1867 125
7. African Survivals 127
Persisting Musical and Cultural Patterns 128
Black Music in New Orleans, 1820-67 132
8. Acculturated Dancing and Associated Instruments 139
Patting Juba 141
Drums, Quills, Banjo, Bones, Triangle, Tambourine 144
Fiddlers 147
Instrumental Combinations 155
9. Worksongs 161
Field Work and Domestic Chores 161
Industrial and Steamboat Workers 164
Boat Songs 166
Corn, Cane, and Other Harvest Songs 172
Singing on the March 176
Street Cries and Field Hollers 181
10. Distinctive Characteristics of Secular Black Folk Music 184
Whistling 184
Improvisation 184
Satire 187
Style of Singing 188
Other Secular Music 189
11. The Religious Background of Sacred Black Folk Music, 1801-67 191
Opposition to Religious Instruction of Slaves 192
Camp Meetings 197
Missions to the Slaves 199
Black Religious Groups 202
Opposition to Secular Music and Dancing 207
12. Distinctive Black Religious Music 217
Spirituals 217
Attempts to Suppress Black Religious Singing 229
The Shout 232
Funerals 234
Part Three: The Emergence of Black Folk Music during the Civil War 239
13. Early Wartime Reports and the First Publication of a Spiritual with Its Music 241
14. The Port Royal Experiment 252
Historical Background 252
Earliest Published Reports 256
Wartime Publication of Song Texts and Music 260
15. Reports of Black Folk Music, 1863-67 274
Criticism of "This Barbaric Music" 274
Recognition of a Distinctive Folk Music 275
The Shout 278
Worksongs 287
Performance Style 290
Introduction of "New" Songs by the Teachers 296
16. Slave Songs of the United States: Its Editors 303
William Francis Allen 304
Charles Pickard Ware 310
Lucy McKim Garrison 314
17. Slave Songs of the United States: Its Publication 321
The Contributors 321
Problems of Notation 326
Assembling the Collection 329
Publication and Reception 331
Conclusion 343
Appendices 349
I. Musical Excerpts from the Manuscript Diaries of William Francis Allen 349
II. Table of Sources for the Banjo, Chronologically Arranged 359
III. Earliest Published Versions of "Go Down, Moses" 363
Bibliography 374
Index 416
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Genre: Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Allg. Handbücher & Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780252071508
ISBN-10: 0252071506
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Epstein, Dena J.
Hersteller: University of Illinois Press
Maße: 228 x 154 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: Dena J. Epstein
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.08.2003
Gewicht: 0,665 kg
Artikel-ID: 102400337
Über den Autor
Dena J. Epstein (1916-2013) was a retired assistant music librarian at the Joseph Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago, and a past president of the Music Library Association.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface to the 2003 Paperback xiii
Preface to the 1977 Edition xvii
Prologue: The African Heritage and the Middle Passage 3
Part One: Development of Black Folk Music to 1800 19
1. Early Reports of African Music in British and French America 21
La Calinda and the Banza 30
Other African Dancing 38
2. More Black Instruments and Early White Reaction 47
Drums and Other African Instruments 47
The Balafo 55
Legal Restrictions on Instruments 58
3. The Role of Music in Daily Life 63
Funerals 63
Pinkster and Other African Celebrations in the North 66
Worksongs and Other Kinds of African Singing 68
4. The Acculturation of African Music in the New World 77
The Arrival of Africans and Their Music 78
Acculaturation in New Orleans 90
5. Conversion to Christianity 100
6. Acculturated Black Musicians in the Thirteen Colonies 112
The African Jig, a Black-to-White Exchange 120
Part Two: Secular and Sacred Black Folk Music, 1800-1867 125
7. African Survivals 127
Persisting Musical and Cultural Patterns 128
Black Music in New Orleans, 1820-67 132
8. Acculturated Dancing and Associated Instruments 139
Patting Juba 141
Drums, Quills, Banjo, Bones, Triangle, Tambourine 144
Fiddlers 147
Instrumental Combinations 155
9. Worksongs 161
Field Work and Domestic Chores 161
Industrial and Steamboat Workers 164
Boat Songs 166
Corn, Cane, and Other Harvest Songs 172
Singing on the March 176
Street Cries and Field Hollers 181
10. Distinctive Characteristics of Secular Black Folk Music 184
Whistling 184
Improvisation 184
Satire 187
Style of Singing 188
Other Secular Music 189
11. The Religious Background of Sacred Black Folk Music, 1801-67 191
Opposition to Religious Instruction of Slaves 192
Camp Meetings 197
Missions to the Slaves 199
Black Religious Groups 202
Opposition to Secular Music and Dancing 207
12. Distinctive Black Religious Music 217
Spirituals 217
Attempts to Suppress Black Religious Singing 229
The Shout 232
Funerals 234
Part Three: The Emergence of Black Folk Music during the Civil War 239
13. Early Wartime Reports and the First Publication of a Spiritual with Its Music 241
14. The Port Royal Experiment 252
Historical Background 252
Earliest Published Reports 256
Wartime Publication of Song Texts and Music 260
15. Reports of Black Folk Music, 1863-67 274
Criticism of "This Barbaric Music" 274
Recognition of a Distinctive Folk Music 275
The Shout 278
Worksongs 287
Performance Style 290
Introduction of "New" Songs by the Teachers 296
16. Slave Songs of the United States: Its Editors 303
William Francis Allen 304
Charles Pickard Ware 310
Lucy McKim Garrison 314
17. Slave Songs of the United States: Its Publication 321
The Contributors 321
Problems of Notation 326
Assembling the Collection 329
Publication and Reception 331
Conclusion 343
Appendices 349
I. Musical Excerpts from the Manuscript Diaries of William Francis Allen 349
II. Table of Sources for the Banjo, Chronologically Arranged 359
III. Earliest Published Versions of "Go Down, Moses" 363
Bibliography 374
Index 416
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Genre: Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Allg. Handbücher & Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780252071508
ISBN-10: 0252071506
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Epstein, Dena J.
Hersteller: University of Illinois Press
Maße: 228 x 154 x 35 mm
Von/Mit: Dena J. Epstein
Erscheinungsdatum: 12.08.2003
Gewicht: 0,665 kg
Artikel-ID: 102400337
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