Friday, October 20, 10 AM – 12 PM in 107 Stoeckel Hall For the fourth session of Black Sound and the Archive we will be joined by the pianist and scholar John Davis. John’s work on African American musicians and composers, especially his work on Blind Tom, have opened up new archives for scholarly study and historically informed performance. To prepare for his visit, here is a pdf of “Bamboula! Black Music Before the Blues,”

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The third session of Black Sound and the Archive will meet on Friday, October 13th, 10 AM – NOON, in  Beinecke Room 38-89. We will be meeting with four archivists from various collections at Yale to discuss issues pertaining to archival work on black sonic practices. The archivists are: Mark Bailey (Historical Sound Recordings), Melissa Barton (Beinecke), Emily DeLio (Gilmore Music Library), Libby Van Cleeve (Oral History of American Music). We are delighted to have them

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The second session of Black Sound and the Archive will meet on Friday, Sept. 22nd, from 10 AM – 12 PM in 106 Stoeckel. The meeting will be focused on theory and methods of working with the black sound archive. Daphne Brooks and Brian Kane will discuss their own work as case studies. Readings for the session are linked below: Diana Taylor (The Archive and the Repertoire ch 1) Kara Keeling, Looking for M Paul

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