Freedom Music Wales, Emancipation and Jazz 1850-1950.
Wilson, Jen, 1944-
Freedom Music Wales, Emancipation and Jazz 1850-1950. - Cardiff : University of Wales Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (348 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Front Cover; Half-title Pae; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. The Life, Times and Music of Swansea Abolitionist Jessie Donaldson (1799-1889); 2 Doing the Plantation Walkaround Skedaddle; 3 The Fisk Jubilee Singers in Wales, Freed Slaves and their Songs; 4 Ragtime and the Cake Walk: On Stage and in the Workhouse; 5 The First World War: Ragtime Trenches and Suffragettes; 6 Café Society: The Jazz Age; 7 Cutting a Rug to the Second World War: Jews and 'Negro Morals' 8 Fair Treatment for the 'Fair Sex'?Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
This book traces the history of African American music in Wales from 1850, and Welsh women's contribution to the music.
9781786834089
Jazz--History and criticism.--Great Britain
Jazz--History and criticism.--Wales
Electronic Books.
ML3509 / .F744 2019
Freedom Music Wales, Emancipation and Jazz 1850-1950. - Cardiff : University of Wales Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource (348 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Front Cover; Half-title Pae; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. The Life, Times and Music of Swansea Abolitionist Jessie Donaldson (1799-1889); 2 Doing the Plantation Walkaround Skedaddle; 3 The Fisk Jubilee Singers in Wales, Freed Slaves and their Songs; 4 Ragtime and the Cake Walk: On Stage and in the Workhouse; 5 The First World War: Ragtime Trenches and Suffragettes; 6 Café Society: The Jazz Age; 7 Cutting a Rug to the Second World War: Jews and 'Negro Morals' 8 Fair Treatment for the 'Fair Sex'?Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
This book traces the history of African American music in Wales from 1850, and Welsh women's contribution to the music.
9781786834089
Jazz--History and criticism.--Great Britain
Jazz--History and criticism.--Wales
Electronic Books.
ML3509 / .F744 2019