Graham, Sandra J. <br/><br/>
Spirituals and the birth of a black entertainment industry /Sandra Jean Graham. 

 - Urbana :  University of Illinois Press,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Music in American life .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Folk Spiritual; Part One: The Rise of a Jubilee Industry; 2. The Jubilee Singers of Fisk University; 3. The Fisk Concert Spiritual; 4. Innovators, Imitators, and a Jubilee Industry; Part Two: Spirituals for the Masses; 5. The Minstrel Show Gets Religion; 6. Commercial Spirituals; 7. Spirituals in Uncle Tom Shows, Melodramas, and Spectacles; 8. Blurring Boundaries between Traditional and Commercial; Conclusion: Lessons and Legacies; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. 
<br/><br/> In the first book-length treatment of postbellum spirituals in theatrical entertainments, Sandra Jean Graham mines a trove of resources to chart the spiritual's journey from the private lives of slaves to the concert stage. Graham navigates the conflicting agendas of those who, in adapting spirituals for their own ends, sold conceptions of racial identity to their patrons. In so doing they laid the foundation for a black entertainment industry whose artistic, financial, and cultural practices extended into the twentieth century. 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019718280 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>African Americans--Music--History and criticism.<br/>Jubilee singers.<br/>Spirituals (Songs)--History and criticism.--United States--19th century<br/>Minstrel shows--History--United States--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>ML3556  / .S657 2018