From Spirituals to Symphonies African-American Women Composers and Their Music |
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| Author:
| Walker-Hill, Helen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-07454-7 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2007 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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Exploding the assumption that black women's only important musical contributions have been in folk, jazz, and pop.Helen Walker-Hill's unique study provides a carefully researched examination of the history and scope of musical composition by African-American women composers from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Exploding the assumption that ......
Exploding the assumption that black women's only important musical contributions have been in folk, jazz, and pop.Helen Walker-Hill's unique study provides a carefully researched examination of the history and scope of musical composition by African-American women composers from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Exploding the assumption that ......