New,Blacksound: Making Race and Popular Music in the United States

Contents

• Contents
• List of Illustrations 
• Author’s Note 
• Acknowledgments 
• Introduction: The Origins of Blacksound 
• PART I. RACIAL IDENTITY AND POPULAR MUSIC IN EARLY BLACKFACE 
• 1. Slavery and Blackface in the Making of Blacksound 
• 2. William Henry “Master Juba” Lane and Antebellum Blacksound 
• 3. Stephen Foster and the Composition of Americana 
• PART II. THE BIRTH OF THE POPULAR MUSIC INDUSTRY
• 4. The House That Blackface Built: M. Witmark & Sons and the Birth of Tin Pan Alley 
• 5. Intellectual (Performance) Property: Ragtime Goes Pop 
• Conclusion: Blacksound and the Legacies of Blackface 
• Notes 
• Bibliography 
• Index 
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