Mother of the Blues

A Study of Ma Rainey

von Sandra R Lieb

256 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Mother of the Blues is the first substantive biography of Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, the pioneering blues vocalist that dominated blues in the 1920s. Through a comprehensive study of Rainey's remarkable career, Sandra R. Lieb analyzes how Rainey combined African American folk traditions with emerging blues styles to help establish and popularize the blues as a national musical phenomenon in the early twentieth century. With close attention to Rainey's recordings, performances, and cultural significance as a Black female artist, Lieb explores the impact of Ma Rainey distinctive deep-throated voice, mesmerizing presence, and songs of love, desire, sexuality, and society in American music history and blues culture.

• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Biografien und Sachliteratur Allgemein Kunst und Unterhaltung
• ISBN: 9780870233944
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.08.1983
• Größe: 235 x 154 mm
• Verlag: University of Massachusetts Press