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> “OVERSEAS BLUES”: EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES ON BLACK MUSIC
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> A Conference at the University of Gloucestershire,
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> Oxstalls Campus
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> 23rd-26th July 2004
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> Black musicians have found a wide audience in Europe for well over a
century. The interest of Europeans in Black music, especially Blues and
Jazz, is obvious through the publication of journals and magazines, and the
continued sale of recordings. Performers as diverse as The Fisk Jubilee
Singers, Paul Robeson, Sydney Bechet, Josephine Baker, Cy Grant and Big Bill
Broonzy have all had enormous influence. How and why that should be so, and
its effects are the subject of this conference organized by the University
of Gloucestershire and European Blues Association.
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> The conference will focus on the spread and influence of Black music,
particularly but not exclusively the Blues, from the Americas to Europe. It
will also consider the response of the European audience. The significance
of Europe as a base or location for black performers and recording artists,
the influence of black music on European popular music and culture, and the
contribution of European writers, such as Paul Oliver, David Horn, Charles
Shaar Murray,Tony Russell, among others, to the study and development of
black music will provide a central subject for discussion and examination.
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> The conference will include academic and non-academic papers, and include
some performances. It will take place on the Oxstalls campus of the
University of Gloucestershire and will proved a fitting lead-in to the
Gloucester Blues Festival, which will begin the following week. The cost of
the conference will be:
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> Weekend Resident, B&B, lunch and dinner = £240
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> Weekend non-resident, lunch incl. = £100
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> Daily rate, incl. lunch = £50
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> Conference dinner (Saturday) = £20
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> Proposals for papers and all other enquiries should be sent to Prof. Neil
Wynn, Humanities, Univ. of Gloucestershire, The Park, Cheltenham, Gl50 2QF.
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> E-mail: [log in to unmask]; phone 01242 536242.
Proposals no later than 30th April 2004.
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