Prehistory of Jazz (eBook)

Maximilian Hendler (* 1939) received his doctorate in Byzantine and Slavic studies and Indo-European languages and was a member of the faculty of the University's Institute for Slavic Studies until 2002. Interested in music from all over the world, Alfons Dauer drew Hendler further into the world of jazz and influenced the focus of his research, which is primarily on the development of jazz.

Introduction

I. THE SLAVE TRADE

Preconditions
Slaveholder Societies
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
The Fate of Slaves in America
The Slave-Breeding Industry
Free African Americans
The Musical Consequences of the Slave Trade

II. PREHISTORY OF JAZZ

Minstrelsy
Coon Songs
Two Show-Business Personalities
Spirituals and Gospel Songs
Early Documents
Early Recordings
Race Records
Fieldwork
Cakewalk
March, Two-Step, Polka, or Cakewalk
Strains
Ragtime
Roots of Ragtime: The Quadrille
Roots of Ragtime: Marches
Roots of Ragtime: The Antilles
Roots of Ragtime: British Popular Song
A Chronology of Ragtime
1900–1917
Digression: "Tiger Rag"
1918–1923
Digression: "Bugle Call Rag"
1924–1930s
Musical Verdict
The Blues
Early Documents
"Classic" Blues
Race Records

III. HEADING TOWARDS JAZZ

Jazz and Accommodationism

IV. CONCLUSION


Literature
Discography
Song Titles
Index