Table of Contents

Part 1: Antebellum Formations (1600s-1800s) 1. The Translated African Cultural and Musical Past Portia K. Maultsby 2. African Derived Instruments Ernest Brown 3. Secular Folk Music Dena Epstein w/ Rosita Sands 4. Spirituals Mellonee Burnim Part 2: Post Bellum: Music in Transition (late 1800s-) 5. Quartets Joyce Jackson 6. Ragtime Ingebord Harer 7. Blues David Evans 8. Art/Classical Music Josephine Wright Part 3: Music in Migration: Urban Voices (1900-) 9. Jazz Ingrid Monson 10. Gospel Mellonee Burnim 11. Musical Theater Thomas Riis 12. Rhythm and Blues Portia K. Maultsby 13. Soul Portia K. Maultsby Part 4: Post Civil Rights and Into the New Millenium (1970s-2000s) 14. Funk Portia K. Maultsby 15. Disco and House Kai Fikentscher 16. Detroit Techno Denise Dalphond 17. Hip hop and Rap Dawn Norfleet Glossary Bibliography Discography/Videography Index

About the Author

Mellonee V. Burnim is Professor of Ethnomusicology in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Adjunct Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies and Director of the Archives of African American Music and Culture at Indiana University

Portia K. Maultsby is Laura Boulton Professor Emerita of Ethnomusicology in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology and Adjunct Professor Emerita of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University.