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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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