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The Product of Our Souls - Ragtime, Race, and the Birth of the Manhattan Musical Marketplace (Paperback)
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The Product of Our Souls - Ragtime, Race, and the Birth of the Manhattan Musical Marketplace (Paperback)
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In 1912 James Reese Europe made history by conducting his
125-member Clef Club Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. The first concert
by an African American ensemble at the esteemed venue was more than
just a concert--it was a political act of desegregation, a defiant
challenge to the status quo in American music. In this book, David
Gilbert explores how Europe and other African American performers,
at the height of Jim Crow, transformed their racial difference into
the mass-market commodity known as ""black music."" Gilbert shows
how Europe and others used the rhythmic sounds of ragtime, blues,
and jazz to construct new representations of black identity,
challenging many of the nation's preconceived ideas about race,
culture, and modernity and setting off a musical craze in the
process. Gilbert sheds new light on the little-known era of African
American music and culture between the heyday of minstrelsy and the
Harlem Renaissance. He demonstrates how black performers played a
pioneering role in establishing New York City as the center of
American popular music, from Tin Pan Alley to Broadway, and shows
how African Americans shaped American mass culture in their own
image.
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