{"product_id":"missouri-folklore-society-journal-special-issue-black-music-in-the-black-press-an-anthology-of-essays-from-the-heartland-paperback","title":"Missouri Folklore Society Journal: Special Issue: Black Music in the Black Press: an Anthology of Essays from the Heartland - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarc Rice\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Reconstruction ended in 1877, tens of thousands of African Americans migrated from the Old South to the Midwest. Within a decade, they had established dozens of towns with churches, halls, and musical groups--and dozens of weekly newspapers which recorded both musical performances and attitudes toward a complicated set of musical traditions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Music in the Black Press \u003c\/em\u003ebegins with Reconstruction and ends with the Great Depression. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEthnomusicologist Marc Rice has combed huge collections of newspapers, from which he culled scores of editorial reviews, dozens of advertisements, and hundreds of articles, organizing them in ways which make clear the conflicts and changes. By keeping the focus on the articles themselves, he has brought readers first-hand accounts of the tastes and values black newswriters like William Kelly or music experts like Martha Broadus-Anderson debated and promulgated a century ago. And more, he has given current readers what they need to see, the stars: McCabe \u0026amp; Young, Walker and Williams, Scott Joplin, Sissieretta Jones, Ada Brown, Billy Kersands, W.H. Handy, Bennie Moten, Count Basie, Bill Bojangles, Irene and Vernon Castle, Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong--and many many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Witchita to Kansas City to Chicago, Indianapolis, Cleveland, and Detroit, black editors praised or excoriated minstrel shows, cakewalks, and \"coon\" songs. Later, they debated the value of \"ragtime,\" blues, and jazz. Black performers won audiences with spectacular minstrel shows, created their own musical comedies and operas, modulated spirituals into sorrow songs, developed orchestras and dance clubs. Newsmen like George Knox of the \u003cem\u003eIndianapolis Freeman\u003c\/em\u003e, \"an ex-slave with progressive ideas,\" balanced what they recognized as musical genius against the potentially demeaning effect of racist farce. Some saw \"refined minstrelsy\" in the McCabe \u0026amp; Young Minstrels, for example or praised the \"droll humor\" of Walker and Williams' \u003cem\u003eMr. Lode of Koal \u003c\/em\u003eas \"clean, hearty, romping mirth.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet, though black musicians proved their talents in a myriad ways, some reviewers seemed to value them insofar as they conformed to Eurocentric standards, reserving praise for \"classically trained\" black pianists and condemning popular comics for creating \"noise\" and \"trash.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn eight chapters, organized chronologically and featuring articles from both large and smaller newspapers, \u003cem\u003eBlack Music in the Black Press \u003c\/em\u003epresents these multiple perspectives, tracking the ways in which tastes changed over the half century between 1880 and 1935. As the decades passed, minstrel shows faded. Ragtime, blues, and \"jass\" blossomed. Venues grew, as well. The first World War brought further changes--including recognition that European audiences responded positively to black music. The Great Depression, and Prohibition further changed the ways in which black music was presented and evaluated. And finally, the impact of new technologies--of radio and studio recording--on black musicians was carefully assessed by writers in the black press. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Music in the Black Press \u003c\/em\u003eis a treasure trove. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50372030300397,"sku":"9781936135646","price":22.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/BjCK-HnRPT9781936135646.webp?v=1785491001","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/missouri-folklore-society-journal-special-issue-black-music-in-the-black-press-an-anthology-of-essays-from-the-heartland-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}