| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 314 pages) |
| Series |
Music in American life |
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Music in American life.
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| Contents |
Recovering the creole synthesis : the roots of blackface minstrelsy -- The creole synthesis in the new world : cultures in contact -- Long Island and the Lower East Side : Mount's background, youth, and apprenticeships -- Minstrelsy's material culture : the evidence of Mount's portraiture -- Melody's polyrhythmic polysemic possibilities : the bodily evidence of Mount's music -- Akimbo culture : dance and the participatory pleasures of the body -- Conclusion : the Creole synthesis in American culture |
| Summary |
This work examines the artworks, letters, sketchbooks, music collection, and biography of the painter William Sidney Mount (1807-1868) as a lens through which to see the multi-ethnic antebellum world that gave birth to blackface minstrelsy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-298) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868.
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| SUBJECT |
Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868 fast |
| Subject |
Minstrel music -- United States -- History and criticism
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Minstrel shows -- United States -- History
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Blackface entertainers -- United States
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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Blackface entertainers
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Minstrel music
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Minstrel shows
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019718063 |
| ISBN |
0252095049 |
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9780252095047 |
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0252080521 |
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9780252080524 |
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