Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Davis, Francis (1946-....)
Titre(s) : The history of the blues [Texte imprimé] / by Francis Davis
Édition : 2nd pbk. ed., 1st Da Capo Press ed.
Publication : Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Press, 2003
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VIII-309 p.) : ill. ; 26 cm
Note(s) : "The history of the blues is the companion volume to a planned three-part PBS series
of the same name"--Introduction. - Includes discography (pages 259-273) , bibliographical references (p. 275-279)
, and index
Challenging many accepted notions about the blues, a combination of cultural commentary,
musical analysis, research, and visual images provides a new perspective on an enduring
musical form and its place in American history
Indice(s) Dewey :
781.643 09 (23e éd.) = Blues - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0306812967. - ISBN 9780306812965
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb474101505
Notice n° :
FRBNF47410150
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Prehistory : the kind of music in the South ; The blues as such : no such thing
as the blues ; Coon shouters and titular blues ; Blues vaudevillians, jug bands,
and medicine show songsters ; Delta transcendentalists, Texas troubadours, and East
Coast fingerpickers ; Robert Johnson's satanic verses ; The thirties and forties:
rural, urban, and midway between ; Leadbelly's black body ; Home truths: Muddy,
B.B., and the last race labels ; Chuck and Elvis, hands-on preservationists, and
soul in the biblical sense ; Blues connotation/from songsters to soulsters.