American music

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The Negro folk-song-the rhythmic cry of the slave-stands today not simply as the sole American music, but as the most beautiful expression of human experience born this side the seas. It has been neglected, it has been, and is, half despised, and above all it has been persistently mistaken and misunderstood; but notwithstanding, it still remains as the singular spiritual heritage of the nation and the greatest gift of the Negro people.

W.E.B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk

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Black music American music

Author

W.E.B. Du Bois

Source

The Souls of Black Folk

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

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Original Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches. A. C. McClurg & Co., 1903, ch. 14.

Current Citation

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt. The Souls of Black Folk, edited by Brent Hayes Edwards. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 14.

It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives its most distinctive characteristic.

James Weldon Johnson

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Topic

American music

Author

James Weldon Johnson

Source

Black Manhattan

Language

English

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Johnson, James Weldon. Black Manhattan. Alfred A. Knopf, 1930, ch. 11.