Eileen J Southern

Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians

African-American Traditions in Song, Sermon, Tale, and Dance, 1600S-1920: An Annotated Bibliography of Literature, Collections, and Artworks

The Music of Black Americans: A History

Readings in Black American Music

The Music of Black Americans: A History

Readings in Black American Music

Readings in Black American Music

The Music of Black Americans: A History

African-American Traditions in Song, Sermon, Tale, and Dance, 1600s-1920: An Annotated Bibliography of Literature, Collections, and Artworks (The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Black Music)

As any well-organized, carefully annotated bibliography does, this work by Southern and Wright brings order out of chaos. The 2,328 entries identify books, articles, sermons, pamphlets, and broadsides, among other formats, all centered on black folk culture with emphasis on the manifestations of tha...

By Eileen Southern - The Music of Black Americans: 3rd (third) Edition

Readings in Black American Music (Second Edition)

In this companion volume to The Music of Black Americans, Eileen Southern draws on letters, journals, memoirs, ledgers, books, articles, and even slave advertisements in newspapers to illuminate the story told that historical survey, now in its Third Edition. The collection includes documents dating...

The Music of Black Americans: A History (Third Edition)

A new edition of the classic text on African American music. Beginning with the arrival of the first Africans in the English colonies, Eileen Southern weaves a fascinating narrative of intense musical activity. As singers, players, and composers, black American musicians are fully chronicled in this...

Eileen Southern

Eileen Jackson Southern (1920 in Minneapolis October 13, 2002 in Port Charlotte, Florida) was an African American musicologist, researcher, ...