Barrelhouse words

Barrelhouse words: a blues dialect dictionary

by Calt, Stephen

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"This compendium explains the most unusual, obscure, and curious words and expressions from vintage blues music. Utilizing both documentary evidence and invaluable interviews with a number of now-deceased musicians from the 1920s and '30s, blues scholar Stephen Calt unravels the nuances of more than twelve hundred idioms and proper or place names found on oft-overlooked "race records" recorded between 1923 and 1949. From "aggravatin' papa" to "yas-yas-yas" and everything in between, this resour…

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  • Full title :Barrelhouse words : a blues dialect dictionary / Stephen Calt.

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"This compendium explains the most unusual, obscure, and curious words and expressions from vintage blues music. Utilizing both documentary evidence and invaluable interviews with a number of now-deceased musicians from the 1920s and '30s, blues scholar Stephen Calt unravels the nuances of more than twelve hundred idioms and proper or place names found on oft-overlooked "race records" recorded between 1923 and 1949. From "aggravatin' papa" to "yas-yas-yas" and everything in between, this resource decodes a neglected speech for general readers and researchers alike, offering invaluable information about black language and American slang."--Jacket.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2009.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xxxi, 286 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780252033476, 0252033477, 9780252076602, 0252076605
  • oclc:ocn317462383
  • LC Classification:ML3521
  • Dewey Decimal:781.64303

Table of Contents

Author's note -- Introduction -- Select annotated bibliography of dictionary sources -- General bibliography -- Informants cited in text -- Abbreviations and symbols used in text -- A blues dialect dictionary -- Appendix -- Index.

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Anglais (Langue) -- Dictionnaires. -- D… blues Blues (Music) Blues (Music) -- History and criticism Blues (Music) -- Texts Criticism, interpretation, etc Dictionaries Dictionary Dictionnaires English language -- Dictionaries. -- Di… English language / Dialects Lied Reference sources Sprache Wörterbuch

Writers

Calt, Stephen

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