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Author Lingold, Mary Caton, 1981- author.

Title African musicians in the Atlantic world : legacies of sound and slavery / Mary Caton Lingold
Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023
©2023

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 235 pages) : illustrations
Series New world studies
New World studies.
Contents Musical Encounters in Early Modern Atlantic Africa -- Circulating African Musical Knowledge to the Americas : Macow's Xylophone -- Plantation Gatherings and the Foundation of Black American Music -- Race and Professional Musicianship in the Early Caribbean : In Search of Mr. Baptiste -- African Traditions and the Evolution of Caribbean Festival Culture in the Eighteenth Century -- Songs from the 1770s : A Musical Moment -- Epilogue. Listening for Tena
Summary "This book connects the history of music to the history of slavery in the Americas"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 06, 2023)
Subject Black people -- Caribbean Area -- Music -- History and criticism
Music -- Caribbean Area -- History and criticism
Enslaved persons -- Western Hemisphere -- Social life and customs
HISTORY / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa
Enslaved persons -- Social life and customs
Music
Black people -- Music
Western Hemisphere
Caribbean Area
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2023024501
ISBN 0813949793
9780813949796