Gilbert, David W.  1975- <br/><br/>
The product of our souls :  ragtime, race, and the birth of the Manhattan musical marketplace / 
David Gilbert. 
 - Chapel Hill :  The University of North Carolina Press,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>A new musical rhythm was given to the people : rhythm and representation in black Manhattan --  Do all we could to get what we felt belonged to us by the laws of nature : selling real Negro melodies and marketing authentic black rhythms --  Appreciate the noble and the beautiful within us : ragging uplift with rhythmic transgressions --  The piano man was it! The man in charge : black nightclubs and ragtime identities in New York's Tenderloin --  To promote greater efficiency among its members : ragtime in Times Square and the Clef Club Inc --  Rhythm is something that is born in the Negro : black musical value and the consolidation of "Negro music" --  A new type of Negro musician : social dance and black musical value in prewar America. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781469622712 9781469622705 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African American musicians--New York (State)--New York.<br/>Music and race--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.<br/>Ragtime music--Social aspects--History--New York (State)--New York--20th century.<br/>Ragtime music--History and criticism.--New York (State)--New York<br/>African Americans--Music--History and criticism.--New York (State)--New York
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML3479  / .P763 2015