Isbn: 9780307266095 - w. c. handy: the life and times of the man who made the blues (27 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Condizione: Very Good. 1St Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.…

Condizione: Good. 1St Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Normal0falsefalsefalseEN-USX-NONEX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4David Robertson charts W. C. Handy's rise from a rural-Alabama childhood in the last decades of the nineteenth century to his emergence as one of the most celebrated songwriters of the twentieth century. The child of former slaves, Handy was first inspired by spirituals and folk songs, and his passion for music pushed him to leave home as a teenager, despite opposition from his preacher father. Handy soon found his way to St. Louis, where he spent a winter sleeping on cobblestone docks before lucking into a job with an Indiana brass band. It was in a minstrel show, playing to racially mixed audiences across the country, that he got his first real exposure as a professional musician, but it was in Memphis, where he settled in 1905, that he hit his full stride as a composer. At once a testament to the power of song and a chronicle of race and black music in America, W. C. Handy's life story is in many ways the story of the birth of our country's indigenous culture--and a riveting must read for anyone interested in the history of American music.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 286 pages. tiny red dot on bottom edge of pages. ; 6 x 9 1/2 " Near Fine in As New dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. Binding Tight Pages Clean Minor Edge Wear. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very good. Hardcover in dust jacket, minor wear, solid binding and bright pages, a very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Like New. First Edition. Publisher's mark on text block. Otherwise, Like New.

Hardcover. Condizione: Used-Very Good. dj. First. Cloth, dj. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked. 2009 Hard Cover. 286 pp. Before there was Elvis, there was W.C. Handy, "the man who made the blues." Here is the first major biography in decades of the man who gave us such iconic songs as "St. Louis Blues," "The Memphis Blues," and "Beale Street Blues," and who was responsible, more than any other musician, for bringing the blues into the American mainstream. David Robertson charts W.C. Handy's rise from a rural Alabama childhood in the last decades of the nineteenth century to become one of the most celebrated songwriters of the twentieth. The child of former slaves, Handy was first inspired by spirituals and folk songs, and his passion for music pushed him to leave home as a teenager, despite opposition from his preacher father. He soon found his way to St. Louis, where he spent a winter sleeping on cobblestone docks before lucking into a job with an Indiana brass band. It was in a minstrel show, playing to racially mixed audiences across the country, that he got his first real exposure as a professional musician, but it was in Memphis, where he settled in 1905, that he hit his full stride as a composer. There, Handy frequented the famous saloons and music halls of Beale Street and composed his legendary songs. By the time of his death in 1958, at the age of eighty-five, he had become a major influence on pop culture, his music recorded by countless musicians, from Bessie Smith to Django Reinhardt. Robertson weaves a rich tapestry of the worlds Handy inhabited: the post-Reconstruction South; the ministrel shows in all their racial ambiguity; the mysterious, forbidding Mississippi Delta; Memphis, with its jumping music scene; and New York's Tin Pan Alley. At once a testament to the power of song and a chronicle of race and black music in America, W.C. Handy's life story is in many ways the story of the birth of our country's indigenous culture - and a riveting must-read for anyone interested in the history of American music.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. First Edition. First edition hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket; dj is covered by mylar. Gently read with no markings in text.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Near Fine. A tight, crisp copy. ; 1.5 x 9.21 x 5.91 Inches; 286 pages.

Condizione: new.

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. First Edition. Stated First Edition - first printing. Signed by Author on Title Page. Book is clean and tight. Dust Jacket in protective cover. 286 pages with index. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition (stated). Signed and inscribed by author to his agent on ffep. Brown paper boards with gold foil-stamped spine. FINE condition with only very light bumping to spine edges (NO chipping, soiling, toning, rubbing, creases or tears). NO markings throughout - NO rem mark or ex-lib. DJ is NF/Fine with price intact: $27.95. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover. Stated first edition.

hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.