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Jazz a la Creole - French Creole Music and the Birth of Jazz (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,251
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Jazz a la Creole - French Creole Music and the Birth of Jazz (Hardcover): Caroline Vezina

Jazz a la Creole - French Creole Music and the Birth of Jazz (Hardcover)

Caroline Vezina

Series: American Made Music Series

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During the formative years of jazz (1890-1917), the Creoles of Color-as they were then called-played a significant role in the development of jazz as teachers, bandleaders, instrumentalists, singers, and composers. Indeed, music penetrated all aspects of the life of this tight-knit community, proud of its French heritage and language. They played and/or sang classical, military, and dance music, as well as popular songs and cantiques that incorporated African, European, and Caribbean elements decades before early jazz appeared. In Jazz a la Creole: French Creole Music and the Birth of Jazz, author Caroline Vezina describes the music played by the Afro-Creole community since the arrival of enslaved Africans in La Louisiane, then a French colony, at the beginning of the eighteenth century, emphasizing the many cultural exchanges that led to the development of jazz. Vezina has compiled and analyzed a broad scope of primary sources found in diverse locations from New Orleans to Quebec City, Washington, DC, New York City, and Chicago. Two previously unpublished interviews add valuable insider knowledge about the music on French plantations and the danses Creoles held in Congo Square after the Civil War. Musical and textual analyses of cantiques provide new information about the process of their appropriation by the Creole Catholics as the French counterpart of the Negro spirituals. Finally, a closer look at their musical practices indicates that the Creoles sang and improvised music and/or lyrics of Creole songs, and that some were part of their professional repertoire. As such, they belong to the Black American and the Franco-American folk music traditions that reflect the rich cultural heritage of Louisiana.

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Imprint: University Press Of Mississippi
Country of origin: United States
Series: American Made Music Series
Release date: December 2022
Authors: Caroline Vezina
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 978-1-4968-4240-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > History of other lands
Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz
Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
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LSN: 1-4968-4240-5
Barcode: 9781496842404

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