SINFUL TUNES & SPIRITUALS (Music in American Life)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: February 1, 1981
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 453
ISBN-13: 9780252008757
Subjects: Black studies; Composers & musicians; Sacred & religious music; Vocal music; Black Musicians And Their Music; Sacred Vocal Music; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Musical Instruments - General; Social Science / African-American Studies; African Americans; Black music; History and criticism; Music; Spirituals (Songs)
First sentence: A chronic difficulty in discussing African music in the New World has involved documenting its earliest period.