Within its American made music series, the University
of Mississippi Press has just issued Lawrence Schenbeck's Racial uplift and
American music, 1878-1943 (xi, 317p; ISBN 978161703201; $60), The six
chapters offer details and discuss the environments of James Monroe Trotter, W.
E. B. DuBois, R. Nathaniel Dett, Nora Douglas Holt, and the impact of the
Rosenwald philanthropy, as the evolution of African American music and
musicians progresses into the days following the Harlem Renaissance. The one
major disadvantage is the publishers' practice of having footnotes as inconvenient
backnotes, minimizing their immediate significance to the text. The 16-page
bibliography is a symptom the dozen years of research invested in this study by
the professor at Spellman College.
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Dominique-René
de Lerma
[R.Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943) is profiled at AfriClassical.com, which
features a comprehensive Works list
by
Prof. Dominique-René de Lerma]
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