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| Musical Composition | 3 |
| Black Attitudes | 2 |
| Black Community | 2 |
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| Black History | 1 |
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Boyer, Horace C. – Black World, 1973
Of all the musical contributions of the Afro-American to permeate world music in the last decade, gospel songs are undoubtedly the most influential. While the origins of this music lie in the churches of the rural South and ghettos of the urban North, it has now reached the ears of all. (Author/RJ)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Black Community, Black Culture, Music Appreciation
Gaines, Leonard – Black World, 1973
A majority of the blues deal with situations and/or problems about which the black man feels a sense of helplessness and/or confusion: those situations in which he questions his ability to arrive at a resolution to the problem involved. (Author/RJ)
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Folk Culture, Music Appreciation, Musical Composition
Brown, Marion – Black World, 1973
From collective improvisation in Afro-American music arose liberated improvisations designed to exhibit personal virtuosity. But that was all that changed; spontaneity and personal sound remained the most interesting components of the music. (Author/RJ)
Descriptors: African Culture, Auditory Stimuli, Black Attitudes, Black Community
