Yamekraw: A Negro Rhapsody

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Yamekraw: A Negro Rhapsody is a 1927 jazz-influenced orchestral work that blends blues, spirituals, and classical elements to depict African American life in the Yamekraw neighborhood of Savannah, Georgia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf jazz-influenced composition ⓘ
orchestral work ⓘ
alternateTitle Yamekraw ⓘ
basedOn Yamekraw neighborhood in Savannah ⓘ
composer James P. Johnson ⓘ
compositionYear 1927 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creatorEthnicity African American ⓘ
depicts African American life ⓘ
Yamekraw neighborhood ⓘ
describedAs Negro rhapsody ⓘ
firstPerformanceMedium concert hall ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
classical music ⓘ
orchestral jazz ⓘ
program music ⓘ
hasCulturalContext African American music history ⓘ
early symphonic jazz ⓘ
hasInstrumentation piano and orchestra ⓘ
hasPart orchestral sections ⓘ
piano solo passages ⓘ
hasStyle call-and-response textures ⓘ
stride piano elements ⓘ
influencedBy African American spirituals ⓘ
European classical music ⓘ
blues tradition ⓘ
intendedTo depict daily life in a Black community ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
movement Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
notableFor early large-scale orchestral jazz form ⓘ
integration of blues and spirituals into symphonic idiom ⓘ
period Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
premiereCity New York City ⓘ
premiereCountry United States ⓘ
premiereDate 1928 ⓘ
premiereLocation Carnegie Hall ⓘ
premierePerformer James P. Johnson ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
publicationYear 1927 ⓘ
relatedWork Rhapsody in Blue ⓘ
setIn Savannah, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Savannah

Yamekraw neighborhood of Savannah ⓘ
structure single-movement rhapsody ⓘ
subjectOf Yamekraw (1930 film) ⓘ
theme blues expression ⓘ
religious feeling ⓘ
urban African American experience ⓘ

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James P. Johnson → composed → Yamekraw: A Negro Rhapsody ⓘ