Black Music of Two Worlds: African, Caribbean, Latin, and African-American / Edition 2

by John Storm Roberts, Roberts Storm

Overview

BLACK MUSIC OF TWO WORLDS defines the scope of world music studies, by exploring the impact that both African and European cultures had on music of the Americas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780028649290
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	09/28/1998
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 6.10(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword. Preface to the 1998 Edition. Preface to the 1972 Edition. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Africa, Europe, and Islam. 1. Traditions Preserved: Neo-African Music. 2. Cultural Blending: The First Afro-American Styles. 3. South and Central America. 4. The Caribbean. 5. North American Strains: From Spirituals to Blues. 6. U.S Black Dance Music: People" Music Becomes Classical". 7. Fusions: Jazz, Latin America, and Africa. 8. Modern Urban Popular Styles. Selected Discography. Sources for the Recordings. Selected Bibliography. Index.