From "Hustlin' Blues" to "Strange Fruit"
African Musical Retentions
in the Evolution of Jazz Singing Style
circa 1920-1945
Dr. Ann G. P. Solberg and Elizabeth McQueary
Funded by the Appalachian College Association, Summer 1997
Papers/Dissertations
Aloisio, Gerard Salvatore. A Historical Summary of Major Musical Developments in American Jazz from the end of World War I to the Beginning of World War II (Interwar Period). D.M.A., University of Cincinnati, 1995. Faulkner, Scott David. Norman and Duke: A Look at the Relationship between Norman Granz and Duke Ellington (Ella Fitzgerald). D. Mus., University of Nevada, Reno, 1996. Harris, Paisley Jane. I'm as Good as any Woman in your Town: the Interconnections of Gender, Race, and Class in the Blues of Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith. M.A., University of Minnesota, 1994 Johnson, Maria Virginia. Voices of Struggle: an Exploration of the Relationship between African-American Women's Music and Literature (Reagan Bernice Johnson, Smith, Bessie, Walker Alice, Huston Zora Neale). Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, 1992. Lieb, Sandra Robin. The Message of Ma Rainey's Blues: a Biographical and Critical Study of America's First Woman Blues Singer. Ph.D dissertation, Stanford University, 1976. Robinson, Beverly Jean. Beyond Folktype and Stereotype (American Cultural History Through the Eyes of Edith Wilson). Ph.D. dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 1983. Smith, Jo Ann Collins. The Musical Performance History of Lena Horne: Singer-Actress with Implications for Collegiate Ethnic Curriculum. Ph.D dissertation, Kansas State University, 1984.
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