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Chapter 5

Chapter Goals

  • To investigate the way in which music supports and reflects Black identity and values.
  • To explore the ways in which a sense of musical ethnicity crosses and bridges both cultural and social boundaries.
  • To become familiar with musical expressions of Black American music in select times and places.
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Listening Guide Repertoire

  • 5.1 – “This Is America,” Donald Glover
  • 5.2 – “Kelefaba” and “Kuruntu Kelafa,” Foday Musa Suso
  • 5.3 – “Sweet Little Angel,” performed by B.B. King
  • 5.4 – “Caravan,” performed by the Duke Ellington Orchestra (recorded in 1937)
  • 5.5 – “Criss Cross,” Thelonious Monk
  • 5.6 – “Summertime,” performed by Albert Ayler
  • 5.7 – “Deep River,” performed by Marian Anderson
  • 5.8 – Afro-American Symphony by William Grant Still, first movement (“Moderato assai”)
  • 5.9 – “Perle Noire: Meditations for Josephine,” Julia Bullock
  • 5.10 – “Papa Loko,” arranged by Nathalie Joachim
  • 5.11 – “Strange Fruit,” Billie Holiday
  • 5.12 – “I’m Black and I’m Proud,” James Brown
  • 5.13 – “Fight the Power,” Public Enemy
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