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Ronald Radano

Lying up a Nation

Race and Black Music

440 pages, 2 halftones, 4 line drawings, 26 musical examples  6 x 9  © 2003

Cloth $81.00

ISBN: 9780226701974   Published November 2003

Paper $30.00

ISBN: 9780226701981   Published November 2003

Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
1. Telling Stories, Telling Lies Revisionist Listening and the Writing of Music History
2. Resonances of Racial Absence Black Sounding Practices Prior to "Negro Music"
3. First Truth, Second Hearing Audible Encounters in Antebellum Black and White
4. Magical Writing The Iconic Wonders of the Slave Spiritual
5. Of Bodies and Souls Feeling the Pulse of Modern Race Music
Epilogue- A Nation's Gift
Notes
Index
Awards
  • Deems Taylor Award
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