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Black Orpheus: Music in African American Fiction from the Harlem Renaissance to Toni Morrison

Book by Saadi A. Simawe; Garland, 2000

Subjects:

African American Musicians In Literature, African Americans In Literature, African Americans--Intellectual Life--20th Century, African Americans--Music, American Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism, American Fiction--African American Authors--History And Criticism, Music And Literature--History--20th Century, Music In Literature, Musical Fiction--History And Criticism

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...opera, rhythm and blues, African music, reggae, dub, hip hop...expands on his theories of music and signifies upon his multiple influences in various segments throughout...epistolary narratives echoes the music that has been tattooed into...
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Out of Sight: The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889-1895

Book by Lynn Abbott, Doug Seroff; University Press of Mississippi, 2002

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African Americans--Music--History And Criticism, Popular Music--United States--To 1901---History And Criticism

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...enthralling and enrapturing music. 81 After nearly twenty...receptive to new trends in African American popular music style, while he continued...the more corrupting influences of minstrelsy. Loudins...of sacred and secular music, and the mix hadnt...
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Swinging the Machine: Modernity, Technology, and African American Culture between the World Wars

Book by Joel Dinerstein; University of Massachusetts Press, 2003

Subjects:

African American Dance--History--20th Century, African Americans In Popular Culture, African Americans--Intellectual Life--20th Century, African Americans--Music--20th Century, City And Town Life--United States--History--20th Century, Popular Culture--United States--History--20th Century, Swing (Dance)--United States--History, Swing (Music)--History, Technology--Social Aspects--United States--History--20th Century, United States--Civilization--African American Influences

Collections: History, Entire Library

...between European/ and African-derived music has been their approach...grounding. In classical music, rhythmic repetition...to Western classical music, Rose asserts. Afrodiasporic...absorb other cultural influences and de/ velop aesthetically...
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Music, Modernity, and the Global Imagination: South Africa and the West

Book by Veit Erlmann; Oxford University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Ethnicity, Intercultural Communication, Ladysmith Black Mambazo (Musical Group), Music--African Influences, Music--South Africa--Western Influences, South African Choir, Zulu Choir

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...here as practice. 11 The cycles of African music focus attention on how things are...signaled and pictured by them. African music works by implication, not by explication...and musical aesthetics: African music is a cultural activity which reveals...
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Rock It Come Over: The Folk Music of Jamaica

Book by Olive Lewin; University of the West Indies Press, 2000

Subjects:

Folk Music--Jamaica--African Influences, Kumina (Cult)--Jamaica, Music--Jamaica--African Influences

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...that are a salient feature of sub-Saharan African music. Although Jekylls interest extended beyond music to Jamaican folklore, it was by his considerable...pointing out that "knowledge of African music is scantier than that of almost any other...

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The Foundational Influence of Spirituals in African-American Culture: A Psychological Perspective

Journal article by Arthur C. Jones; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 24, 2004

Subjects:

African American culture--History, African American songs--History, Spirituals (Songs)--Analysis, Spirituals (Songs)--History

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...how these common music and dance practices...ubiquitous on the African continent, it is...identity among enslaved Africans in North America...functional aspects of music that existed in...that emerged among African captives (Jones...cultural life in the African communities from...presence of functional music, coupled with the...spirituals, for enslaved Africans, provided a plethora...
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West African and Haitian Influences on the Ritual and Popular Music of Carriacou, Trinidad, and Cuba

Journal article by Donald R. Hill; Black Music Research Journal, 1998

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Carriacou--Music, Cuba--Music, Trinidad and Tobago--Music

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...AFRICAN AND HAITIAN INFLUENCES ON THE RITUAL AND POPULAR...One includes the music for Caribbean religions...from more than one African group. The second...religions, where the music of many nations is...after mentioning Haitis influence on the musical development of the music of the Caribbean...created by enslaved Africans in the Caribbean based...
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A Pan-African Composer? Coleridge-Taylor and Africa

Journal article by Paul Richards; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 21, 2001

Subjects:

African music--Influence, Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel--Works, Composers--Works

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...more somber musical influences from the African diaspora. The composer...to incorporate West African thematic materials into...social circle of West African professionals to which...least twenty-four West Africans attended the composers...aspects of both his music and his family background...
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Distant Resonances: Contemporary Scottish Women Poets and African-American Music

Journal article by Laura Severin; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 39, 2006

Subjects:

African American music--Influence, African Americans--Influence, African Americans--Music, Authors, Scottish--Criticism and interpretation, Authors, Scottish--Works, Scottish poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Scottish poetry--Social aspects, Scottish writers--Criticism and interpretation, Scottish writers--Works, Women poets--Criticism and interpretation, Women poets--Works

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...Women Poets and African-American Music. by Laura...and British music hall traditions...However, the influence of the blues...the clearest influence of the blues...inherited the West African tradition of...blues is a music that celebrates...
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Understanding the Dimensions of Parental Influence on Alcohol Use and Alcohol Refusal Efficacy among African American Adolescents

Journal article by Trenette T. Clark, Anh B. Nguyen, Faye Z. Belgrave, Raymond Tademy; Social Work Research, Vol. 35, 2011

Subjects:

African American teenagers--Research, African American youth--Research, Alcohol and youth--Research, Juvenile drinking--Research, Parental influences--Research

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...Alcohol Refusal Efficacy among African American Adolescents. by...buffer against the negative influence of peers during adolescence...the dimensions of parental influence and its relationship to drug...how parents can use their influence to reduce domain-specific...In these cases, parental influences may be the lone or strongest...

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Two-Way Traffic: Just as Western Acts Are Inspired by "World Music", African Artists Are Tapping into Rock, Funk and Jazz, Writes Kevin LeGendre

Magazine article by Kevin Legendre; New Statesman, Vol. 136, May 21, 2007

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African artists--Criticism and interpretation, Artists, African--Criticism and interpretation, Jazz music--Criticism and interpretation, Jazz--Criticism and interpretation

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...by "World Music", African Artists Are Tapping into...are writ large in his music; the man and his work...during this years African Music Festival, and will surely...into the pop arena, so African artists are incorporating jazz, rock and funk influences into their music on their...
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The Influence of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X on Hip Hop: "... Success and Prosperity for the Majority of Black Americans in the 21st Century Only Will Be Achieved by a Strong Coalition of Christians and Muslims Who Are Dedicated to the Values of Democracy and Social Justice."

Magazine article by Richard Brent Turner; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 133, July 2004

Subjects:

African Americans--Biography, African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights activists--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Civil rights activists--Biography, Civil rights activists--Influence, Civil rights activists--Religious aspects, Civil rights movements--Analysis, Civil rights movements--History, Civil rights movements--Religious aspects, Civil rights workers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Civil rights workers--Biography, Civil rights workers--Influence, Civil rights workers--Religious aspects, Hip-hop (Culture)--Analysis, Hip-hop (Culture)--History, Hip-hop (Culture)--Social aspects, King, Martin Luther, Jr.--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, King, Martin Luther, Jr.--Biography, King, Martin Luther, Jr.--Influence, King, Martin Luther, Jr.--Religious aspects, Malcolm X--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Malcolm X--Biography, Malcolm X--Influence, Malcolm X--Religious aspects, Rap (Music)--Social aspects, Rap music--Social aspects, United States history, 1945---Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...once again had created profound music, art, and spirituality out...Hollywood marginalization of rap music and the "Hard Rights New Black...between hip hop and other black music traditions and/or the "hip...of hip hop poetry with West African griot traditions and the protest...
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The 25 Most Important Events in Black Music History

Magazine article; Ebony, Vol. 55, June 2000

Subjects:

African Americans--Influence, Music, Black--Influence

Collections: History, Entire Library

...in English America in 1619 to the hip-hops of the Millennium, African-Americans have dominated American music and dance. Black music, in fact, is Americas only original music, and the Spirituals-Blues-Jazz-Gospel-Charleston-Twist...
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Sharing the Stage: Blacks in Country Music

Magazine article by Michael Perry; World and I, Vol. 13, February 1998

Subjects:

African American musicians--Influence, African American singers--Influence, Country music--Personalities

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...and style from African American street...Country: The African Diasporas Country...observations: * Country music is hugely popular in African and Caribbean...their greatest influences is legion. But...playing country music is neither an...
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50 Years of Black Music

Magazine article by Quincy Jones; Ebony, Vol. 51, November 1995

Subjects:

African American musicians--Influence, African Americans--Music

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...also had a profound influence on the Soulful music of the 1960s, which...richest eras in Black music. We were into disco...such a strong Black influence in it. At the same...fantastic time. Black music was so universal you...

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Guest to Play Music of African Diaspora

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), November 13, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...by composers of the African diaspora - the dispersion of Africans during and after the...Tuesday in Room 198 of the music building, is called "Composers of the African Diaspora." Nyaho will...look at some of the music to be performed during...with colonial cultural influences in Africa. Music and...
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ROCKET REOPENS TO AN AFRICAN BEAT; Couple Plan DJs, Live Music Acts and a New Menu to Tem , P Punters

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), April 18, 2011

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...ROCKET REOPENS TO AN AFRICAN BEAT; Couple Plan DJs, Live Music Acts and a New Menu...Despite adding culinary influences from the African continent...Africa. "We will have music and food and it will...traditional African music and reggae. The pub...
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Influence of Dylan Is Strong; ALAN NICHOL Has the Latest on the Roots Music Scene

Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), December 4, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Latest on the Roots Music Scene. Byline: ALAN NICHOL HEARING the music of Pete Molinari may...which taps into the influence of Woody Guthrie and...lineage, his musical influences were all from across...royal welcome by the music press. Not bad for...combination of South African mezzo-soprano Sibongile...
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African Vibe Is a Must-Hear; Jazz Diary

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), October 5, 2009

Subjects:

Jazz, Jazz music

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

African Vibe Is a Must-Hear; Jazz Diary. Western...been returning to a primary source of the music, to Africa, for the last 50 years and...shows how he has moved on, absorbed other influences and become his own man. Simon Spillett...
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COOL SOUNDS OF THE CITY; ++ COVENTRY JAZZ FESTIVAL ++ Music Event Promises to Be Biggest and Best Yet

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), May 22, 2008

Subjects:

Historic buildings, Masekela, Hugh, Music festivals, Musicians

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Jools Holland and South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela...key figure in the ska music genre, its going to...catch some potential music stars of the future who...together will some township music at a free show at the...and it has a range of influences, including funk, world...

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Jazz

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...musical expression of African-American culture and...has made to the art of music. Origins of Jazz Jazz...of World War I this music was popularized through sheet music and player-piano rolls...Christian were major influences in the new music, which...for modern jazz. The influence of two swing musicians...

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