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Author Calt, Stephen.

Title Barrelhouse words : a blues dialect dictionary / Stephen Calt
Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
Contents Cover -- Author' Note -- Contents -- Introduction -- Select Annotated Bibliography of Dictionary Sources -- General Bibliography -- Informants Cited in Text -- Abbreviations and Symbols Used in Text -- A Blues Dialect Dictionary -- Appendix -- Index
Summary This fascinating compendium explains the most unusual, obscure, and curious words and expressions from vintage blues music. Utilizing both documentary evidence and invaluable interviews with a number of now-deceased musicians from the 1920s and '30s, blues scholar Stephen Calt unravels the nuances of more than twelve hundred idioms and proper or place names found on oft-overlooked "race records" recorded between 1923 and 1949. From "aggravatin' papa" to "yas-yas-yas" and everything in between, this truly unique, racy, and compelling resource decodes a neglected speech for general readers and researchers alike, offering invaluable information about black language and American slang
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Description based on print version record
Subject Blues (Music) -- Texts -- Dictionaries
Blues (Music) -- History and criticism
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Blues.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Soul & R 'n B.
Blues (Music)
English language -- Dialects
Lied
Blues
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Dictionaries
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019716452
ISBN 9780252090714
0252090713
1283070081
9781283070089
9786613070081
6613070084