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University of Illinois Press, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 185mm x 260mm. Jacket has minor general wear and no tears.Minimal foxing to edges of page-block. Internally very clean. Binding tight. 634pp A groundbreaking history of African Americans in the early recording industry, Lost Sounds examines the first three decades of sound recording in the United States, charting the surprising roles black artists played in the period leading up to the Jazz Age and the remarkably wide range of black music and culture they preserved. Drawing on more than thirty years of scholarship, Tim Brooks identifies key black recording artists and profiles forty audio pioneers. Brooks assesses the careers and recordings of George W. Johnson, Bert Williams, George Walker, Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, W. C. Handy, James Reese Europe, Wilbur Sweatman, Harry T. Burleigh, Roland Hayes, Booker T. Washington, and boxing champion Jack Johnson, plus a host of lesser-known voices. Many of…
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- Title Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1890-1919
- Author Tim Brooks
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 634
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Illinois Press, Urbana
- Date February 24, 2004
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780252028502 / 0252028503
- Weight 3.18 lbs (1.44 kg)
- Dimensions 10.18 x 7.16 x 2.08 in (25.86 x 18.19 x 5.28 cm)
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- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects African Americans - Music - History and, Music - United States - History and criticism
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003001102
- Dewey Decimal Code 781.641
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Citations
- Black Issues Book Review, 05/01/2004, Page 35
- Choice, 10/01/2004, Page 301
- Library Journal, 04/01/2004, Page 94
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