{"product_id":"long-lost-blues-9780252034879","title":"Long Lost Blues","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMamie Smith''s 1920 recording of ''Crazy Blues'' is commonly thought to signify the beginning of commercial attention to blues music and culture, but by that year more than 450 other blues titles had already appeared in sheet music and on recordings. In this examination of early popular blues, Peter C. Muir traces the genre''s early history and the highly creative interplay between folk and popular forms, focusing especially on the roles W. C. Handy played in both blues music and the music business. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLong Lost Blues\u003c\/i\u003e exposes for the first time the full scope and importance of early popular blues to mainstream American culture in the early twentieth century. Closely analyzing sheet music and other print sources that have previously gone unexamined, Muir revises our understanding of the evolution and sociology of blues at its inception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReceived a Certificate of Merit in the Best Music History category from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), 2011.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Required reading for lovers of the blues and historians of American popular music.\"--\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most important and original books on blues to be published in the past decade.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e, David Evans\u003cbr\u003e\"Muir's revealing book contributes significantly to understanding how sheet music and the pop music industry influenced the blues. An important work.\"--Tim Brooks, author of \u003ci\u003eLost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1890-1919\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This fascinating work discusses the genesis and introduction of a minority music genre into mainstream culture in a way that is impossible to ignore, given the importance of blues connections to other genres. Essential reading for anyone interested in American popular music.\"--Dick Spottswood, host of \u003ci\u003eThe Dick Spottswood Show\u003c\/i\u003e on BlueGrassCountry.org and editor of \u003ci\u003eEthnic Music on Records\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments   ix\u003cbr\u003e A Word about the Music Examples   xi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction   1\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Popular Blues Industry, 1912-1920   7\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Identity and Idiom of Early Popular Blues   28\u003cbr\u003e 3. Curing the Blues with the Blues   80\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Blues of W. C. Handy   104\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Creativity of Early Southern Published Blues   141\u003cbr\u003e 6. Published Proto-Blues and the Evolution of the Twelve-Bar Sequence   181\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Titular Blues, 1912-1915   217\u003cbr\u003e Notes   221\u003cbr\u003e Major Works Consulted   243\u003cbr\u003e General Index   245\u003cbr\u003e Song Index   251","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036818243927,"sku":"9780252034879","price":87.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252034879.jpg?v=1750932646","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/long-lost-blues-9780252034879","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}