Lost Sounds
Subtitle: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1890-1919
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: February 24, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 656
ISBN-13: 9780252028502
Subjects: American studies; Black studies; Music; Music industry; Music/Songbooks; USA; Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal; History & Criticism - General; Recording & Reproduction; Music / History & Criticism; Genres & Styles - General; African Americans; History; History and criticism; Sound recording industry; United States
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