Describing the African-American influence on American music in all of its glory an d variety is an intimidating—if not impossible—task. African American influences are so fundamental to American music ...

Music and dance — an integral part ... himself from such blackface minstrel songs, which mocked African American speech patterns and almost universally portrayed blacks as buffoons.

to promote diversity in music and to bring the work of African American composers, both living and deceased, back into popular imagination is no easy feat. For the team that runs the African ...

The concert focused on operas by African American composers, operas about the African American experience, and mainstream opera, as well as African American musical genres such as spirituals and jazz ...

“African-American musical traditions mixed with others and gradually jazz emerged from a blend of ragtime, marches, blues, and other kinds of music,” writes the National Museum of American Histor ...

Describing the African-American influence on American music in all of its glory an d variety is an intimidating—if not impossible—task. African American influences are so fundamental to American music ...