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Thomas L. Riis

Author of Just Before Jazz: Black Musical Theater in New York, 1890-1915

3 Works 33 Members

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Includes the names: Thomas L. Riis, Thomas L. Riis II, Thomas Laurence Riis

Works by Thomas L. Riis

Just Before Jazz: Black Musical Theater in New York, 1890-1915 (1989) 20 copies

Frank Loesser (Yale Broadway Masters Series) (2008) 11 copies

More Than Just Minstrel Shows: The Rise of Black Musical Theatre at the Turn of the Century (1992) 2 copies

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Canonical name: Riis, Thomas L.

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ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for Music Writing

Just Before Jazz: Black Musical Theater in New York, 1890-1915 (1995)

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Works: 3
Members: 33
Popularity: #421,954
Rating: ½ 3.3

ISBNs: 4

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