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Definition of Black music
1. Noun. Music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses.
Specialized synonyms: Blues, Soul, Hip-hop, Rap, Rap Music, R And B, Rhythm And Blues
Generic synonyms: Genre, Music Genre, Musical Genre, Musical Style
Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Music
Literary usage of Black music
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jazz on Film and Video in the Library of Congress by Rebecca D. Clear (1994)
"The film gives a history of black music using old engravings and film excerpts.
... black music IN THEATER AND FILM. See FROM JUMPSTREET. ..."
2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1900)
"JW Spires; music- address of welcome, SH Bradley; response, SN Black; music:
Sheep Husbandry. H. K, Francis. Mendon; discussion; Improving a Worn Out Farm. ..."
3. Critical & Bibliographical Notes on Early Spanish Music by Juan Facundo Riaño (1887)
"Printed on vellum, black letter ; red and black. Music on pentagram. 72 leaves.
X. Missale alme ecclesie ..."
4. Black Composers of Southern Africa: An Expanded Supplement to The Bantu ...by Yvonne Huskisson, Sarita Hauptfleisch by Yvonne Huskisson, Sarita Hauptfleisch (1992)
"... interest in black music, which was at first chiefly concerned with the demands
of the black radio programmes, was extended to the black peoples, ..."
5. Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults: A Selected Listing by Ginny Moore Kruse (1991)
"black music IN AMERICA; A HISTORY THROUGH ITS PEOPLE. Thomas Y. Crowell, 1987.
198 pages. (0-690-04462-3) A nine-chapter overview begins with the music of ..."
6. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1871)
"In the state- aided schools, not only is part-singing regularly, systematically,
and efficiently taught, chiefly from the large black music board, ..."
7. Overtones: A Book of Temperaments: Richard Strauss, Parsifal, Verdi, Balzac by James Huneker (1904)
"There is ugly music and hieratic, music bitter and sweet, black music and white,
music that repels and music that lures — we are hopelessly snared by the ..."
8. Jazz on Film and Video in the Library of Congress by Rebecca D. Clear (1994)
"The film gives a history of black music using old engravings and film excerpts.
... black music IN THEATER AND FILM. See FROM JUMPSTREET. ..."
9. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1900)
"JW Spires; music- address of welcome, SH Bradley; response, SN Black; music:
Sheep Husbandry. H. K, Francis. Mendon; discussion; Improving a Worn Out Farm. ..."
10. Critical & Bibliographical Notes on Early Spanish Music by Juan Facundo Riaño (1887)
"Printed on vellum, black letter ; red and black. Music on pentagram. 72 leaves.
X. Missale alme ecclesie ..."
11. Black Composers of Southern Africa: An Expanded Supplement to The Bantu ...by Yvonne Huskisson, Sarita Hauptfleisch by Yvonne Huskisson, Sarita Hauptfleisch (1992)
"... interest in black music, which was at first chiefly concerned with the demands
of the black radio programmes, was extended to the black peoples, ..."
12. Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults: A Selected Listing by Ginny Moore Kruse (1991)
"black music IN AMERICA; A HISTORY THROUGH ITS PEOPLE. Thomas Y. Crowell, 1987.
198 pages. (0-690-04462-3) A nine-chapter overview begins with the music of ..."
13. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1871)
"In the state- aided schools, not only is part-singing regularly, systematically,
and efficiently taught, chiefly from the large black music board, ..."
14. Overtones: A Book of Temperaments: Richard Strauss, Parsifal, Verdi, Balzac by James Huneker (1904)
"There is ugly music and hieratic, music bitter and sweet, black music and white,
music that repels and music that lures — we are hopelessly snared by the ..."
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