Spencer, Jon Michael,

The new Negroes and their music : the success of the Harlem Renaissance / [print] Jon Michael Spencer. - first edition. - Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, (c)1997. - xxii, 171 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

A power that will some day be applied to higher forms -- Wild dreams of bringing glory and honor to the Negro race -- The terrible handicap of working as a Negro composer -- A problem which could be solved by the simple rules of justice.



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African Americans--Music--History and criticism.--New York (State)--New York
Music--History and criticism.--New York (State)--New York--20th century
Harlem Renaissance.

ML3556.S745.N496 1997