Stomping The Blues
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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A landmark work of cultural criticism and music theory, Stomping the Blues presents a bold and authoritative argument for understanding the blues not merely as an expression of sorrow, but as a triumphant aesthetic response to the adversities of life. Albert Murray illustrates how blues music functions as a sophisticated art form rooted in African American experience, one that transforms suffering into style, elegance, and affirmation. Written with the confidence of a scholar and the passion of a true devotee, the text chronicles the evolution of blues and jazz as intertwined traditions, drawing on a rich vocabulary of musicology, literature, and cultural history. Murray argues persuasively that the blues idiom is the foundation of American music itself, a claim that reshaped how critics, musicians, and readers think about the nation's artistic heritage. Celebrated since its 1976 publication as one of the most important books ever written about American music, it remains an essential and electrifying read for anyone serious about understanding the soul of a culture.
Author: Albert Murray
Format: Paperback
Published: 1978, Quartet Books
Genre: Music
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A landmark work of cultural criticism and music theory, Stomping the Blues presents a bold and authoritative argument for understanding the blues not merely as an expression of sorrow, but as a triumphant aesthetic response to the adversities of life. Albert Murray illustrates how blues music functions as a sophisticated art form rooted in African American experience, one that transforms suffering into style, elegance, and affirmation. Written with the confidence of a scholar and the passion of a true devotee, the text chronicles the evolution of blues and jazz as intertwined traditions, drawing on a rich vocabulary of musicology, literature, and cultural history. Murray argues persuasively that the blues idiom is the foundation of American music itself, a claim that reshaped how critics, musicians, and readers think about the nation's artistic heritage. Celebrated since its 1976 publication as one of the most important books ever written about American music, it remains an essential and electrifying read for anyone serious about understanding the soul of a culture.