Out of Sight: The Rise of African American Popular Music, 1889–1895 (American Made Music Series)
Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. The acclaimed encyclopedic survey of black musical creation that marked the countdown to the explosion of ragtime.Drawing on hard-to-access archival sources and song collections, the book is of crucial importance for understanding the roots of.....