Images: Iconography of Music in African-American Culture (1770s-1920s)
Music and African American studies professors Southern and Wright previously collaborated on an annotated bibliography of African-American Traditions in Song, Sermon, Tale, and Dance, 1660s-1920 (1990). Here, they reproduce 260 genre pictures of black Americans “in their own private social world,” with an emphasis on expressive culture. Their analysis blends musicology, ethnomusicology, musical iconography, and art history. Works are grouped chronologically (colonial and Federalist, antebellum, and postbellum eras) and by themes (e.g., “The African Legacy” or “The Black Preacher as an Institution”). Artists represented include familiar names like Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer as well as now forgotten figures; all but one were white Americans or Europeans. A valuable visual supplement to more traditional histories of the period. Mary Carroll, Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved.
A comprehensive tool of the cultural legacy of African American music with 260 music related images paintings, prints and photographs, spanning the 19th century.
“A treasure trove of images of Black performance art and brilliant commentary.”
“The importance of this work thus extends beyond musicians to sociologists and Americanists…The work of two major figures in music history, this volume is recommended for upper-division undergraduates and above.” — Choice
“Must Read.” — Today’s Books
“A valuable visual supplement to more traditional histories of the period.” — Booklist
About the Authors:
Eileen Southern is Professor Emerita of Music and Afro-American Studies at Harvard University. She is the author or editor of several books on African-American music, including The Music of Black Americans: A History,Readings in Black American Music, and BiographicalDictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians. She lives in Queens, NY.
Josephine Wright is Professor of Music and Black Studies at the College of Wooster in Ohio. She is coeditor (with Samuel A. Floyd, Jr.) of NewPerspectives on Music: Essays in Honor of EileenSouthern, and coauthor (with Eileen Southern) of African-American Traditions in Song, Sermon, Tale, andDance: 1600s-1920: An Annotated Bibliography. She lives in Wooster, OH.
Very Fine hardcover copy, heavily illustrated in in black and white, hardcover decorative boards, small yellow price sticker residue stain about 1/4x 1/5″ top of inside front cover, otherwise as new, 326 pages, 200 images, Routledge Press/ Garland ISBN: 0-8153-28753, Published by Garland in 2000
$ 125.00
African American music and culture of the 19th century in paintings, prints and photos.
