Beginning with the arrival of the first Africans in the English colonies, Eileen Southern weaves a fascinating narrative of intense musical activity. As singers
This book, a milestone in American music scholarship, is the first to take a close look at an important and little-studied component of African American music,
African American Music provides an introduction to all of the richness and diversity of African American musical styles, focusing on the distinct characte4istic
American Music: An Introduction, Second Edition is a collection of seventeen essays surveying major African American musical genres, both sacred and secular, fr