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This Is Rhythm

This Is Rhythm

Ella Jenkins, Children’s Music, and the Long Civil Rights Movement

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"99-year-old Ella Jenkins was a pioneer in American children's music and an early practitioner of what became known as multiculturalism. Here Gayle Wald, with unparalleled access to Jenkins's papers, documents not just Jenkins's life but the influence of her music among musicians and also educational institutions, including Chicago's South Parkway YMCA, where Jenkins taught music and dance. She became a fixture and touchstone of the folk music scene, putting out dozens of albums and performing worldwide. Her story illuminates the cultural history of Chicago and of postwar America, tying together musical history, gay and lesbian studies, racial and musical lineages, and more"--

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avril 2025, env. 320 Pages, Anglais
University Presses
978-0-226-82481-9

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