![]() ![]() Generously reproducing newspapers and photographs, Out of Sight puts a face on musical activity in the tightly knit black communities of the day. ![]() It describes the worldwide travels of jubilee singing companies, the plight of the great black prima donnas, and the evolution of ""authentic"" African American minstrels. It confronts the inescapable marketplace concessions musicians made to the period's prevailing racist sentiment. Summing up: Essential."" -Choice Outstanding Academic TitleA landmark study, based on thousands of music-related references mined by the authors from a variety of contemporaneous sources, especially African American community newspapers, Out of Sight examines musical personalities, issues, and events in context. ![]() ![]() Highly recommended."" -Library Journal""This volume makes possible the study of the rise of black music in the days that paved the way for the Harlem Renaissance-the brass bands, the banjo and mandolin clubs, the male quartets, and theatrical companies. A product of old-fashioned, back-wearying, foundational scholarship, yet very readable, this book is certain to feature importantly in future studies of early jazz and its prehistory. ![]()
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