African American Music. An Introduction

Second Edition. American Music: An Introduction, Second Edition is a collection of seventeen essays surveying major African American musical genres, both sacred and secular, from slavery to the present. With contributions by leading scholars in the field, the work brings together analyses of African American music based on ethnographic fieldwork, which privileges the voices of the music-makers themselves, woven into a richly textured mosaic of history and culture. At the same time, it incorporates musical treatments that bring clarity to the structural, melodic, and rhythmic characteristics that both distinguish and unify African American music.

The second edition has been substantially revised and updated, and includes new essays on African and African American musical continuities, African-derived instrument construction and performance practice, techno, and quartet traditions. Musical transcriptions, photographs, illustrations, and a new audio CD bring the music to life.

CONTENIDO:

Part 1: Antebellum Formations (1600s-1800s)
1. The Translated African Cultural and Musical Past (Portia K. Maultsby)
2. African Derived Instruments (Ernest Brown)
3. Secular Folk Music (Dena Epstein w/ Rosita Sands)
4. Spirituals (Mellonee Burnim)

Part 2: Post Bellum: Music in Transition (late 1800s-)
5. Quartets (Joyce Jackson)
6. Ragtime (Ingebord Harer)
7. Blues (David Evans)
8. Art/Classical Music (Josephine Wright)

Part 3: Music in Migration: Urban Voices (1900-)
9. Jazz (Ingrid Monson)
10. Gospel (Mellonee Burnim)
11. Musical Theater (Thomas Riis)
12. Rhythm and Blues (Portia K. Maultsby)
13. Soul (Portia K. Maultsby)

Part 4: Post Civil Rights and Into the New Millenium (1970s-2000s)
14. Funk (Portia K. Maultsby)
15. Disco and House (Kai Fikentscher)
16. Detroit Techno (Denise Dalphond)
17. Hip hop and Rap (Dawn Norfleet)

Glossary
Bibliography
Discography/Videography
Index