African American music
Subtitle: an introduction
By: edited by Mellonee V. Burnim, Portia K. Maultsby
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY; Abingdon, Oxon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 465
ISBN-13: 9780415881807; 9780415881814; 9781315857671
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Ethnomusicology; African Americans; History and criticism; Music
Description: Designed for an introductory course in African American music, this title focuses on musical genres & styles, moving chronologically from folk traditions to modern forms. A final section discusses the aesthetics of African American culture & music.
Notes: "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"--Back cover.

"CD listening examples": page xiv-xv.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-425), discography (pages 426-438) , videography (pages 439-442) , and index.
Table of contents: title: The translated African cultural and musical past / Portia K. Maultsby; title: African American instrument construction and music making / Ernest Brown; title: Secular folk music / Dena Epstein w/ Rosita Sands; title: Spirituals / Mellonee Burnim; title: Quartets / Joyce Jackson; title: Ragtime / Ingebord Harer; title: Blues / David Evans; title: Art/classical music / Josephine Wright; title: Jazz / Ingrid Monson; title: Gospel / Mellonee Burnim; title: Musical theater / Thomas Riis; title: Rhythm and blues, R & B / Portia K. Maultsby; title: Soul / Portia K. Maultsby; title: Funk / Portia K. Maultsby; title: Disco and house / Kai Fikentscher; title: Detroit techno / Denise Dalphond; title: Hip-hop and rap / Dawn Norfleet.