Catalog

Record Details

Catalog Search


Blues mamas & Broadway belters : Black women, voice, and the musical stage Cover Image Book Book

Blues mamas & Broadway belters : Black women, voice, and the musical stage / Masi Asare.

Asare, Masi, 1978- (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781478026730
  • ISBN: 1478026731
  • ISBN: 9781478030959
  • ISBN: 147803095X
  • Physical Description: xviii, 283 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 2024.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Citing the Vocal-Possible -- Vocal Color in Blue, Learning the Song with Blueswomen, Shouters, and Belters -- Beyond the Weary-Bluesy Mammy, Listening Better with Midcentury Character Divas -- "A Little Singer on Broadway", Exercising American Glamour with Golden-Age Starlets -- Secrets of Vocal Health, Voice Teachers and Pop Vocal Technique -- Playoff -- More Exercises for Voice Practice.
Summary, etc.:
"Blues Mamas and Broadway Belters examines racialized embodied singing techniques and their transmission, dwelling with the ways that black women singers theorized the voice in US musical theater performances from 1900 to 1970. Approaching voice from a performance studies perspective, Masi Asare sketches biographies of singers such as Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Eartha Kitt, and others, focusing on the different types of training each performer received. Asare draws on her own experience as a composer, lyricist, playwright, and voice teacher to engage readers in a comprehensive singing lesson and practice of listening, offering analysis of vocal performances, critical theorization of voice pedagogy, and a series of creative voice exercises. As a black feminist voice study, Blues Mamas and Broadway Belters serves as a project to write black women and racially marginalized groups into the history of Broadway and musical theater"-- Provided by publisher.

Search for related items by subject

Subject: African American women singers.
Women singers > United States.
Voice types (Singing) > United States.
Music and race > United States > History > 20th century.
Blues (Music) > History and criticism.
Musicals > New York (State) > New York > 20th century > History and criticism.

Search for related items by series

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.

Holds

0 current holds with 1 total copy.

Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Main 782.421640922 As14b (Text) 31307026032997 Non Fiction Available -
► Summaries & More
► Awards, Reviews, & Suggested Reads
► Additional Content
► Shelf Browser
▼ MARC Record
LDR 03503cam a2200553Ii 4500
00147509256
003ME
00520241104144237.0
008240222s2024 ncuac b 001 0deng
010 . ‡a 2024003296
040 . ‡aNcD/DLC ‡beng ‡erda ‡cDLC ‡dOCLCO ‡dYDX
020 . ‡a9781478026730 ‡q(hardcover)
020 . ‡a1478026731 ‡q(hardcover)
020 . ‡a9781478030959 ‡q(paperback)
020 . ‡a147803095X ‡q(paperback)
035 . ‡a(OCoLC)1419864167
042 . ‡apcc
043 . ‡an-us--- ‡an-us-ny
05000. ‡aML82 ‡b.A73 2024
08204. ‡a782.421640922 As14b
08200. ‡a782.0092/520973 ‡223/eng/20240508
1001 . ‡aAsare, Masi, ‡d1978- ‡eauthor.
24510. ‡aBlues mamas & Broadway belters : ‡bBlack women, voice, and the musical stage / ‡cMasi Asare.
2463 . ‡aBlues mamas and Broadway belters
264 1. ‡aDurham : ‡bDuke University Press, ‡c2024.
300 . ‡axviii, 283 pages : ‡billustrations, portraits ; ‡c23 cm.
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
336 . ‡astill image ‡bsti ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier
4901 . ‡aRefiguring American music
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
5050 . ‡aCiting the Vocal-Possible -- Vocal Color in Blue, Learning the Song with Blueswomen, Shouters, and Belters -- Beyond the Weary-Bluesy Mammy, Listening Better with Midcentury Character Divas -- "A Little Singer on Broadway", Exercising American Glamour with Golden-Age Starlets -- Secrets of Vocal Health, Voice Teachers and Pop Vocal Technique -- Playoff -- More Exercises for Voice Practice.
520 . ‡a"Blues Mamas and Broadway Belters examines racialized embodied singing techniques and their transmission, dwelling with the ways that black women singers theorized the voice in US musical theater performances from 1900 to 1970. Approaching voice from a performance studies perspective, Masi Asare sketches biographies of singers such as Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Lena Horne, Eartha Kitt, and others, focusing on the different types of training each performer received. Asare draws on her own experience as a composer, lyricist, playwright, and voice teacher to engage readers in a comprehensive singing lesson and practice of listening, offering analysis of vocal performances, critical theorization of voice pedagogy, and a series of creative voice exercises. As a black feminist voice study, Blues Mamas and Broadway Belters serves as a project to write black women and racially marginalized groups into the history of Broadway and musical theater"-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
650 0. ‡aAfrican American women singers.
650 0. ‡aWomen singers ‡zUnited States.
650 0. ‡aVoice types (Singing) ‡zUnited States.
650 0. ‡aMusic and race ‡zUnited States ‡xHistory ‡y20th century.
650 0. ‡aBlues (Music) ‡xHistory and criticism.
650 0. ‡aMusicals ‡zNew York (State) ‡zNew York ‡y20th century ‡xHistory and criticism.
77608. ‡iOnline version: ‡aAsare, Masi, 1978- ‡tBlues mamas and Broadway belters ‡dDurham : Duke University Press, 2024 ‡z9781478059967 ‡w(DLC) 2024003297
830 0. ‡aRefiguring American music.
901 . ‡aon1419864167 ‡bOCoLC ‡c47509256 ‡tbiblio ‡sVendor Order Records

Additional Resources