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OverviewThis comprehensive book of autobiographical writings, interviews, and articles reveals the thoughts and lives of African-American musicians, examining their place in musical performance and their role in introducing the Negro spiritual into the classical repertoire. The list of individuals this study looks at includes Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, the Original Fisk University Jubilee Singers, and Sissieretta Jones in the 19th century, early pioneers of the 20th century - E. Azaliah Hackley, Julius Bledsoe, Eva Jessye and Roland Hayes-their successors Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson, Todd Duncan, Camilla Williams and Dorothy Maynor-followed in the later 20th and early 21st centuries by Leontyne Price, William Warfield, George Shirley, Shirley Verrett, Grace Bumbry, Jessye Norman, Kathleen Battle, Vinson Cole, Mark S. Doss and Denyce Graves. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elizabeth Nash , Badi G. FosterPublisher: The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd Imprint: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd ISBN: 9780773452503ISBN 10: 0773452508 Pages: 519 Publication Date: August 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsThis comprehensive and ground breaking work of rare autobiographical writings, interviews and articles reveals the thoughts and lives of extraordinary African American classical musicians... These musicians were and are the role models to serve as an inspiration to the next generation of singers. The book should appeal to both the general reader interested in the African American experience as well as to teachers and students in the academic community. - Dr. Badi G. Foster President Phelps Stokes Fund With [this book], Professor Nash shows African-American culture reaching back toward and articulating its dual inheritances of Africa and Europe, all the while reaching forward, preserving and extending the African-American spiritual and the place of African-Americans in classical music. A well-chosen, well-organized and comfortable read, this book promises to be of great interest to students and scholars of African-American Studies, Women's Studies, Music, Literature, Journalism and History. - Dr. Lisa Pertillar Brevard Visiting Associate Professor of English Roanoke College Author InformationDr. Elizabeth H. Nash is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts at the University of Minnesota. She received her Ph.D. from the Theatre and Drama Department at Indiana University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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