Blacks in Blackface (eBook)

A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows

Henry T. Sampson (Autor)

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2013 | 2., Second Edition
1576 Seiten
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-8351-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Published in 1980, Blacks in Blackface was the first and most extensive book up to that time to deal exclusively with every aspect of all-Black musical comedies performed on the stage between 1910 and 1940. Sampson provides an unprecedented wealth of information on legitimate musical comedies, including show synopses, casts, songs, and production credits. Sampson also recounts the struggles of Black performers and producers to overcome the racial prejudice of white show owners, music publishers, and theatre managers and booking agents to achieve adequate financial compensation for their talents and managerial expertise. A comprehensive volume that covers all aspects of Black musical shows performed in theatres, nightclubs, circuses, and medicine shows, this edition of Blacks in Blackface can be used as a reference for serious scholars and researchers of Black show business in the United States before 1940.

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Published in 1980, Blacks in Blackface was the first and most extensive book up to that time to deal exclusively with every aspect of all-African American musical comedies performed on the stage between 1900 and 1940. An invaluable resource for scholars and historians focused on African American culture, this new edition features significantly revised, expanded, and new material.In Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows, Henry T. Sampson provides an unprecedented wealth of information on legitimate musical comedies, including show synopses, casts, songs, and production credits. Sampson also recounts the struggles of African American performers and producers to overcome the racial prejudice of white show owners, music publishers, theatre managers, and booking agents to achieve adequate financial compensation for their talents and managerial expertise. Black producers and artists competed with white managers who were producing all-Black shows and also with some white entertainers who were performing Black-developed music and dances, often in blackface.The chapters in this volume include:An overview of African American musical shows from the end of the Civil War through the golden years of the 1920s and '30sNew and expanded biographical sketches of performersDetailed information about the first producers and owners of Black minstrel and musical comedy showsOrigins and backgrounds of several famous Black theatresProfiles of African American entrepreneurs and businessmen who provided financial resources to build and own many of the Black theatres where these shows were performedA chronicle of booking agencies and organized Black theatrical circuits, music publishing houses, and phonograph recording businessesCritical commentary from African American newspapers and show business publicationsMore than 500 hundred rare photographsA comprehensive volume that covers all aspects of Black musical shows performed in theatres, nightclubs, circuses, and medicine shows, this edition of Blacks in Blackface can be used as a reference for serious scholars and researchers of Black show business in the United States before 1940. More than double the size of the previous edition, this useful resource will also appeal to the casual reader who is interested in learning more about early Black entertainment.

Autor

Henry T. Sampson is the author of several books on African-American culture, including Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films, Second Edition (1995), That’s Enough Folks: Black Images in Animated Cartoons, 1900-1960 (1998), and Swingin’ on the Ether Waves: A Chronological History of African Americans in Radio and Television Programming, 1925-1955 (2005), all published by Scarecrow Press.

Inhalt

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter One: Early Black Musical Shows: Historical OverviewChapter Two: Pioneering Black Entrepreneurs in Show Business Chapter Three: Pioneer Black Show ProducersChapter Four: Famous Black TheatresChapter Five: Reviews of Vaudeville, Tabloid, Road Shows, Burlesque and Negro Orchestra and Comment, 1900-1940Chapter Six: Cabaret and Night Club ReviewsChapter Seven: Reviews of Negro Musical Comedy Shows 1910-1940Chapter Eight: Black Musical Comedy Shows: Cast of Characters and Synopsis Chapter Nine: Negro Performers in Carnival, Exposition, Medicine, Circus Annex and Minstrel Shows: 1910-1940 Chapter Ten: Blacks in BlackfaceAppendix A: Partial List of Black Vaudeville, Road Shows, and Burlesque Acts Traveling over Major Theatrical Circuits 1910-1940Appendix B: Theatre Owners Who Were Original Members of T.O.B.A. in 1920Appendix C: Routings on the T. O. B. A. Circuit, October 1926Appendix D: Partial List of Theatres Owned and Operated by Blacks, 1910-1930 Appendix E: Typical T. O. B. A. Show Contract of the Late 1920sAppendix F: Partial List of Acts Playing the S.H. Dudley Circuit, November 1914 Appendix G: Alphabetical List of Negro Musical Comedies and Tab Shows1910-1940 Appendix H: Thirty Songs Written by Black Composers Published by Pace and Handy Music Co. Inc. Appendix I: Partial List of Colored Fairs-1921 Appendix J: Partial List of U.S. Black Newspapers, 1900-1940IndexAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.10.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-8108-8351-1 / 0810883511
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8108-8351-2 / 9780810883512