Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. The Music IX
5. I. The Setting 1
6. II. Negro Folk Music in the United States 13
7. III. Anthems and Spirituals as Oral Literature 35
8. IV. Cries, Calls, Whooping, and Hollering 80
9. V. Sounds of Work 89
10. VI. Blues 123
11. VII. Ring Games and Playparty Songs 146
12. VIII. Louisiana Creole Songs 162
13. IX. Performers’ Corner: Ballads and Minstrelsy 175
14. X. Dances: Calindas, Buzzard Lopes, and Reels 189
15. XI. Instruments: Drums, Gutbuckets, and Horns 204
16. The Music 221
17. Notes 289
18. Bibliography 299
19. Discography 302
20. Sources of Notated Songs 309
21. Index 313