Written music in early jazz.
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Title
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Written music in early jazz.
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Identifier
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AAI9807915
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identifier
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9807915
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Creator
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Chevan, David.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Carol Oja
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Date
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1997
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Music | American Studies | History, Black
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Abstract
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The aim of this dissertation is to establish the presence and use of written music by jazz musicians between ca. 1900 and 1925. Each chapter is devoted to describing a specific venue or activity that involved jazz musicians and written music. The presence of written music is established through a critical review of existing first hand accounts, including autobiographies and oral histories; studying a specific venue, the Streckfus Steamboat Line, where written music was used; and by reviewing the band book of a hitherto neglected ensemble, the John Robichaux Orchestra of New Orleans. The uses of written music are illustrated in two separate studies that compare existing written music with recordings made during the period in question. In one study recordings are compared with published stock arrangements. In the other study the early copyright deposit manuscripts of Louis Armstrong are compared with his Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings. Perhaps the most significant result of this study is the irrefutable establishment of the presence of written music in early jazz. It should be further pointed out that this was a presence that coexisted with and supported the dominant oral jazz culture, not one that superseded it.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
