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Screening the Blues

By Paul Oliver

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Screening the Blues

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The noted blues scholar Paul Oliver here examines the many different skeins of the blues form, relating them to other black traditions - musical and religious - and tracing the origin of the blues through the dense, many-colored warp and weft of influences and inspiration. He describes "the dozens," Christmas rituals, and the coded (as well as blatant) sexual imagery that has always been a vital element of every popular song tradition. With extensive source notes, photographs, a discography, and two indexes of song titles and singers, this book serves as a sound, serious, and entertaining guide to the blues heritage that has vitalized so much of the world's musical culture.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
312
Release Date:
1989-03-22
Publication Date:
1989-03-01
Publisher:
Da Capo Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0306803445
ISBN13:
9780306803444
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
377 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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