Lost sounds blacks and the birth of the recording industry 1890 1919 urbana and chicago university of illinois press reviewed by sandra jean graham the post civil rights era gave rise to a surge in revisionist scholarship de voted to african american music much of it inspired by eileen southerns. This item lost sounds blacks and the birth of the recording industry 1890 1919 music in american life by tim brooks paperback 3695 only 8 left in stock order soon ships from and sold by amazoncom. Lost sounds blacks and the birth of the recording industry 1890 1919 music in american life author learncabgctsnetorg sophia kluge 2021 01 17 02 25 56 subject lost sounds blacks and the birth of the recording industry 1890 1919 music in american life keywords. Lost sounds blacks and the birth of the recording industry 1890 1919 responsibility the first in depth history of the involvement of african americans in the early recording industry this book examines the first three decades of sound recording in the united states charting the vigorous and varied roles black artists played in the . That title kept coming back to me during the years in which this book was being researched african americans made significant contributions to the recording industry in its formative years from 1890 to 1919 and their recordings reveal much about evolving african american culture during that period