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Blues Mamas and Broadway Belters: Black Women, Voice, and the Musical Stage - Refiguring American Music
Masi Asare
Blues Mamas and Broadway Belters: Black Women, Voice, and the Musical Stage - Refiguring American Music
Masi Asare
Scholar, songwriter, and dramatist Masi Asare explores the singing practice of Black women singers in US musical theatre between 1900 and 1970, showing how singers such as Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, and Lena Horne possessed highly trained voices who fell in a lineage of singers and teachers.
304 pages, 18 illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | October 22, 2024 |
ISBN13 | 9781478030959 |
Publishers | Duke University Press |
Pages | 304 |
Dimensions | 153 × 228 × 20 mm · 446 g |
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