The Blues Lyric Formula

2013-10-18
The Blues Lyric Formula

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  • Author: Michael Taft
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1135485992
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 378

This book is the first rigourous and detailed exploration of exactly how blues singers used formulas to create songs, and it more than amply fills the gap in the the study of the blues, where the structure and content of the lyrics have been less fully explored than the musical form. Focusing on the songs recorded by African-American singers for pre-World War Two commercial recording companies, this is an excellent structural analysis of the formulaic composistion of blues lyrics. This book gives a step-by-step description of the rules implicit in this formulaic structure and inspires new discussion of lyric structures. A wide array of readers will find this insightful and informative: from students of African-American music, cultural studies, history and linguistics, to Blues fans fascinated by exactly how the lyrics of this influential music style are written.

The Blues Lyric Formula

2013-10-18
The Blues Lyric Formula

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  • Author: Michael Taft
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1135485925
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 376

This book is the first rigourous and detailed exploration of exactly how blues singers used formulas to create songs, and it more than amply fills the gap in the the study of the blues, where the structure and content of the lyrics have been less fully explored than the musical form. Focusing on the songs recorded by African-American singers for pre-World War Two commercial recording companies, this is an excellent structural analysis of the formulaic composistion of blues lyrics. This book gives a step-by-step description of the rules implicit in this formulaic structure and inspires new discussion of lyric structures. A wide array of readers will find this insightful and informative: from students of African-American music, cultural studies, history and linguistics, to Blues fans fascinated by exactly how the lyrics of this influential music style are written.

Blues Lyric Poetry

1984
Blues Lyric Poetry

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  • Author: Michael Taft
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN:
  • Category : African Americans
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 1032

This computer-generated anthology serves as a companion to Taft's Blues Lyric Poetry: a Concordance and gives the user the complete poetic context for every word, phrase or line in which he is interested. He also provides a selection of blues lyrics which have never appeared in print before or are scattered. Taft has transcribed over 2,000 blues lyrics from recordings made between 1920 and 1942 and includes over 350 singers such as Josh White, Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Johnson and Ma Rainey. The anthology includes both country and urban, male and female, "downhome" and vaudeville singers. The songs are arranged according to singer and under each singer, according to dates of recording and sequences in the recording sessions. Information given includes singer, title, place, date and record numbers. The final section is a line-concordance index to the titles of the songs. ISBN 0-8240-9235-X (alk. paper) : $75.00 (For use only in the library).

Encyclopedia of the Blues

2006
Encyclopedia of the Blues

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  • Author: Edward M. Komara
  • Publisher: Psychology Press
  • ISBN: 0415926998
  • Category : Blues
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 1274

This comprehensive two-volume set brings together all aspects of the blues from performers and musical styles to record labels and cultural issues, including regional evolution and history. Organized in an accessible A-to-Z format, the Encyclopedia of the Blues is an essential reference resource for information on this unique American music genre. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedia of the Blues website.

The Blues Encyclopedia

2004-07
The Blues Encyclopedia

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  • Author: Edward Komara
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1135958327
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 1279

This comprehensive two-volume set brings together all aspects of the blues from performers and musical styles to record labels and cultural issues, including regional evolution and history. Organized in an accessible A-to-Z format, the Encyclopedia of the Blues is an essential reference resource for information on this unique American music genre. Coverage includes: · The whole history of the blues, from its antecedents in African and American types of music to the contemporary styles performed today · Artists active throughout the United States and from foreign countries · The business of the blues, including individual record labels active since the prewar era · Aspects particular to blues lyrics and music · Specific issues such as race or gender as related to the blues · Reference lists of blues periodicals, blues newsletters, libraries, and museums.

Listen to the Blues!

2019-02-15
Listen to the Blues!

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  • Author: James E. Perone
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 216

Listen to the Blues! Exploring A Musical Genre provides an overview of this distinctly American musical genre for fans of the blues and curious readers alike, with a focus on 50 must-hear artists, albums, and subgenres. Unlike other books on the blues, which tend to focus on musician biographies, Listen to the Blues! devotes time to the compositions, recordings, and musical legacies of blues musicians from the early 20th century to the present. Although the author references musical structure, harmony, form, and other musical concepts, the volume avoids technical language; therefore, it is a volume that should be of interest to the casual blues fan, to students of blues music and its history, and to more serious blues fans. The chapters on the impact of the blues on popular culture and the legacy of the blues also put the genre in a broader historical context than what is found in many books on the blues. The book opens with a background chapter that provides an overview of the history and structure of blues music. A substantial, encyclopedic chapter that focuses on 50 must-hear blues musicians follows, as does a chapter that explores the impact on popular culture of blues music and musicians and a chapter that focuses on the legacy of the genre. A bibliography rounds out the work.

Blues Lyric Poetry

1983
Blues Lyric Poetry

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  • Author: Michael Taft
  • Publisher: Scholarly Title
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Literary Collections
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 418

Hot Music, Ragmentation, and the Bluing of American Literature

2015-06
Hot Music, Ragmentation, and the Bluing of American Literature

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  • Author: Steven Carl Tracy
  • Publisher: University of Alabama Press
  • ISBN: 0817318658
  • Category : Literary Criticism
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 556

Hot Music, Ragmentation, and the Bluing of American Literature examines the diverse ways in which African American "hot" music influenced American culture - particularly literature - in early twentieth-century America. Steven C. Tracy provides a history of the fusion of African and European elements that formed African American "hot" music, and considers how terms like ragtime, jazz, and blues developed their own particular meanings for American music and society. He draws from the fields of literature, literary criticism, cultural anthropology, American studies, and folklore to demonstrate how blues as a musical and poetic form has been a critical influence on American literature. -- from dust jacket.

Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8

2012-03-08
Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Volume 8

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  • Author: David Horn
  • Publisher: A&C Black
  • ISBN: 1441148744
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 586

The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music Volume 8 is one of six volumes within the 'Genre' strand of the series. This volume discusses the genres of North America in relation to their cultural, historical and geographic origins; technical musical characteristics; instrumentation and use of voice; lyrics and language; typical features of performance and presentation; historical development and paths and modes of dissemination; influence of technology, the music industry and political and economic circumstances; changing stylistic features; notable and influential performers; and relationships to other genres and sub-genres. This volume features over 100 in-depth essays on genres ranging from Adult Contemporary to Alternative Rock, from Barbershop to Bebop, and from Disco to Emo.

A Blues Bibliography

2008-03-31
A Blues Bibliography

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  • Author: Robert Ford
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1135865086
  • Category : Music
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 1401

A Blues Bibliography, Second Edition is a revised and enlarged version of the definitive blues bibliography first published in 1999. Material previously omitted from the first edition has now been included, and the bibliography has been expanded to include works published since then. In addition to biographical references, this work includes entries on the history and background of the blues, instruments, record labels, reference sources, regional variations and lyric transcriptions and musical analysis. The Blues Bibliography is an invaluable guide to the enthusiastic market among libraries specializing in music and African-American culture and among individual blues scholars.