Black Recording Artists, 1877-1926: An Annotated Discography

Gibbs, Craig Martin

This annotated discography covers the first 50 years of audio recordings by black artists in chronological order, music made in the "acoustic era" of recording technology. The book has cross-referenced bibliographical information on recording sessions, including audio sources for extant material, and appendices on field recordings; Caribbean, Mexican and South American recordings; piano rolls performed by black artists; and a filmography detailing the visual record of black performing artists from the period. Indexes contain all featured artists, titles recorded and labels.

EAN

9780786472383

Publisher

McFarland & Co Inc

Published

3 January 2013

Pages

500