Ragged but Right Black Traveling Shows, Coon Songs, and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz |
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| Author:
| Abbott, Lynn
Seroff, Doug |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57806-901-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
| Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $106.00 |
Book Description:
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Investigates black musical comedy productions, sideshow bands, and itinerant tented minstrel shows. Ragtime history is crowned by the "big shows," the stunning musical comedy successes of Williams and Walker, Bob Cole, and Ernest Hogan.
Investigates black musical comedy productions, sideshow bands, and itinerant tented minstrel shows. Ragtime history is crowned by the "big shows," the stunning musical comedy successes of Williams and Walker, Bob Cole, and Ernest Hogan.