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Staging the Blues : From Tent Shows to Tourism by Paige A. McGinley is a music available to read on EtoBox.
What is Staging the Blues : From Tent Shows to Tourism about?
Singing was just one element of blues performance in the early twentieth century. Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and other classic blues singers also tapped, joked, and flaunted extravagant costumes on tent show and black vaudeville stages. The press even described these women as "actresses" long before they achieved worldwide fame for their musical recordings. In Staging the Blues, Paige A. McGinley shows that even though folklorists, record producers, and festival promoters set the theatricality of
Who reads Staging the Blues : From Tent Shows to Tourism?
It is typically read by artists, cooks, musicians and hobbyists working from how-to references.
Common subject areas: arts, cooking, music, crafts.
- Author
- Paige A. McGinley
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780822357315
- Category
- music
- Subjects
- Science, History, Music
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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