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Instruments of empire : Filipino musicians, Black soldiers, and military band music during US colonization of the Philippines
"At the turn of the twentieth century, the United States extended its empire into the Philippines while subjugating Black Americans in the Jim Crow South. And yet, one of the most popular musical acts was a band of "little brown men," Filipino musicians led by an African American cond...
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University Press of Mississippi,
2021.
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction : World's fairs, symphony halls, and America's racist others
- Chapter 1.
- Instruments of empire : brass bands, Black soldiers, and American imperialism in the Phillipines
- Chapter 2.
- Marching to racial progress : Civilizing Filipinos at the 1904 St. Louis World 's Fair
- Chapter 3.
- Hearing with an imperial ear : Racializing the PC Band on their tour of America in 1909
- Chapter 4.
- Sounding Philippine nationalism at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915
- Chapter 5.
- Musical resonances of empire : The Golden Gate International Exposition and the end of an era.