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1. Title Title of document Acknowledgements - Nina Simone
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Richard Elliott; University of Sussex; United Kingdom
 
3. Subject Discipline(s) Music
 
4. Subject Keyword(s) music; biography; Nina Simone; musical career
 
5. Subject Subject classification M1-5000; Music; ML385-429; Biography; ML1-3930; Literature on music
 
6. Description Abstract Nina Simone defied musical categories even as she fought against social ones and the result is a body of work that draws on classical and jazz music, country blues, French chanson, gospel, protest songs, pop and rock tunes, turning genres and styles inside out in pursuit of what Simone called ‘black classical music’.

This book begins with a focus on the early part of Simone’s career and a discussion of genre and style. Connecting its analysis to a discussion of social categorization, particularly race, it argues that Simone’s defiance of stylistic boundaries can be seen as a political act. The focus then shifts to Simone’s self-written protest material, connecting it to her increasing involvement in the struggle for civil rights. The book provides an in-depth account of Simone’s ‘possession’ of material by writers such as Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Sandy Denny and Judy Collins. In considering material from Simone’s lesser-known work of the 1970s to the 1990s, the study proposes a theory of the ‘late voice’ in which issues of age, experience and memory are emphasised, before concluding with a discussion of Simone’s ongoing legacy.

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7. Publisher Organizing agency, location Equinox Publishing Ltd
 
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9. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 01-Jun-2013
 
10. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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12. Format File format PDF
 
13. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/20678
 
14. Identifier Digital Object Identifier 10.1558/equinox.20678
 
15. Source Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) Equinox eBooks Publishing; Nina Simone
 
16. Language English=en en
 
18. Coverage Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) global
 
19. Rights Copyright and permissions Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd