ENGLISH

Big Road Blues

By David Evans

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9780520333772
DOI
10.1525/9780520333772
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
117 MB (122562442 bytes)
Edition
Reprint 2020
Pages
400\394
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-21 15:54:39

Description

This book analyzes the process of composition, learning and performance of the Southern folk blues of black America. Never before has this musical form been examined so scrupulously. Evans traces the impact of commercialism, especially the phonograph record, on blues history, as well as the various local traditions that produce a given blues tune and text. The author has done extensive field work in Mississippi and provides here a structure for understanding not only the blues but almost any other oral literature from other cultures.

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