Lost sounds : Blacks and the birth of the recording industry, 1890-1919 / Tim Brooks ; appendix of Caribbean and South American recordings by Dick Spottswood.

"The first in-depth history of the involvement of African Americans in the earliest years of recording, this book examines the first three decades of sound recording in the United States, charting the surprising role black artists played in the period leading up to the Jazz Age."

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brooks, Tim
Other Authors: Spottswood, Richard K. (Richard Keith)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2004].
Series:Music in American life.
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