Early American Music and the Construction of Race

Abstract

An ideology of racial difference is baked into American music history. The staggering diversity of music heard in the sixteenth through nineteenth This colloquy began as an interdisciplinary workshop held at the University of Pennsylvania, October 11-12, 2019, sponsored by the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, the University of Pennsylvania Vice Provost Office, and the School of Arts and Sciences. Two participants published their essays elsewhere: Moriah, "'Greater Compass,'" and Fulton, "'Year of Jubilee.'" 1. Our thanks to