Music · Jazz, Blues & American Roots
A topic within Jazz, Blues & American Roots, itself one of 11 topics in that field and part of Music.
2 works
W. C. Handy
Collects and annotates blues songs from oral tradition, arguing that the blues had already crystallised into a recognisable musical form well before its commercial popularisation.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Henry Edward Krehbiel
Argues, against the prevailing view of his time, that African-American folksong was a genuinely original American art form rooted in African musical practice rather than a derivative of European hymnody.
link checked 17 Sept 2026