Black Music in Britain: Essays on the Afro-Asian Contribution to Popular Music

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Paul Oliver
Open University Press, 1990 - Music - 198 pages
Ten essays, covering the period from 1800 to the present, place the contribution of black musicians (who in Britain include South Asians--such are the vagaries of racial tagging) to popular music in its socio-historical context, considering as well social attitudes and media responses to black music. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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About the author (1990)

Paul Hereford Oliver was born in Nottingham, England on May 25, 1927. He trained as a painter and sculptor at the Harrow School of Art, but switched to graphic design because most art materials aggravated his asthma and various allergies. After receiving a diploma from Goldsmith's College in London in 1948, he returned to the Harrow County School to teach art. In 1955, he received an art-history degree from the University of London. He wrote numerous books on blues music including Bessie Smith, Blues Fell This Morning, The Story of the Blues, Screening the Blues: Aspects of the Blues Tradition, Savannah Syncopators: African Retentions in the Blues, Songsters and Saints: Vocal Traditions on Race Records, Broadcasting the Blues: Black Blues in the Segregation Era, and Barrelhouse Blues: Location Recordings and the Early Traditions of the Blues. He was also as an architectural historian. His books on architecture included Shelter and Society, English Cottages and Small Farmhouses: A Study of Vernacular Shelter, Dwellings: The House Across the World, and Built to Meet Needs: Cultural Issues in Vernacular Architecture. He died on August 15, 2017 at the age of 90.

Bibliographic information

TitleBlack Music in Britain: Essays on the Afro-Asian Contribution to Popular Music
Popular music in Britain
EditorPaul Oliver
Editionillustrated
PublisherOpen University Press, 1990
ISBN0335152988, 9780335152988
Length198 pages
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Music / Discography & Buyer's Guides
Music / Ethnic
Music / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal
  
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