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Author:

Bratcher, Melanie E.

Title:

Words and songs of Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone : sound motion, blues spirit, and African memory / Melanie E. Bratcher.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xvii, 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

African Americans--Music--History and criticism.
Blues (Music)--History and criticism.
Smith, Bessie,--1894-1937--Criticism and interpretation.
Holiday, Billie,--1915-1959--Criticism and interpretation.
Simone, Nina,--1933-2003--Criticism and interpretation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-239), discography (p. 169), and index.

Contents:

Catching the blues spirit -- Musing African memory -- Three women -- Sound motion and spirit.

Series:

Studies in African American history and culture

ISBN:

9780415980296
0415980291

OCLC:

(OCoLC)82367957

LCCN:

2007004906

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)