Thomas L. Riis

416 total citations
16 papers, 69 citations indexed

About

Thomas L. Riis is a scholar working on Music, Sociology and Political Science and History. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas L. Riis has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 69 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Music, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 2 papers in History. Recurrent topics in Thomas L. Riis's work include Theater, Performance, and Music History (12 papers), Music History and Culture (10 papers) and Race, History, and American Society (8 papers). Thomas L. Riis is often cited by papers focused on Theater, Performance, and Music History (12 papers), Music History and Culture (10 papers) and Race, History, and American Society (8 papers). Thomas L. Riis collaborates with scholars based in United States. Thomas L. Riis's co-authors include Tom Fletcher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, George C. Howard, Allen Woll, Doris Evans McGinty, David Krasner and Josephine A. Wright and has published in prestigious journals such as Notes, Ethnomusicology and African American Review.

In The Last Decade

Thomas L. Riis

10 papers receiving 15 citations

Peers

Thomas L. Riis
Derek Miller United States
Henry Bial United States
Gerald Bordman
John A. Lomax
Lucia Ruprecht United Kingdom
Carl Van Vechten
Marianne McDonald United States
Sterling A. Brown United States
Kathy Acker Iraq
Chip Rhodes United States
Derek Miller United States
Thomas L. Riis
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas L. Riis

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Riis, Thomas L.. (2020). The Original Blues: The Emergence of the Blues in African American Vaudeville. American Music. 38(1). 102–109. 1 indexed citations
2.
Krasner, David, et al.. (2011). Forgotten Manuscripts: A Trip to Coontown. African American Review. 44(1-2). 7–24.
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Howard, George C., et al.. (2006). Uncle Tom's cabin : (1852). 13 indexed citations
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Riis, Thomas L., et al.. (1999). Demons of Disorder: Early Blackface Minstrels and Their World. Ethnomusicology. 43(3). 555–555. 3 indexed citations
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Riis, Thomas L., et al.. (1998). The Music and Scripts of "In Dahomey". American Music. 16(1). 102–102. 3 indexed citations
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Riis, Thomas L., et al.. (1995). From the Bowery to Broadway: Lew Fields and the Roots of American Popular Theatre. American Music. 13(2). 244–244. 8 indexed citations
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Riis, Thomas L., et al.. (1993). A History of Music and Dance in Florida, 1565-1865. Notes. 49(3). 1064–1064.
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Riis, Thomas L.. (1992). More Than Just Minstrel Shows: The Rise of Black Musical Theatre at the Turn of the Century. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 5 indexed citations
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Wright, Josephine A. & Thomas L. Riis. (1992). Just before Jazz: Black Musical Theater in New York, 1890-1915. Notes. 49(2). 527–527.
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McGinty, Doris Evans, et al.. (1990). Just before Jazz: Black Musical Theater in New York. 1890-1915. The Black Perspective in Music. 18(1/2). 230–230. 10 indexed citations
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Riis, Thomas L.. (1986). The Music and Musicians in Nineteenth-Century Productions of Uncle Tom's Cabin. American Music. 4(3). 268–268. 4 indexed citations
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Riis, Thomas L.. (1986). The Experience and Impact of Black Entertainers in England, 1895-1920. American Music. 4(1). 50–50. 3 indexed citations
13.
Riis, Thomas L.. (1985). "Bob" Cole: His Life and His Legacy to Black Musical Theater. The Black Perspective in Music. 13(2). 135–135. 4 indexed citations
14.
Fletcher, Tom & Thomas L. Riis. (1984). 100 Years of the Negro in show business. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew). 13 indexed citations
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Riis, Thomas L.. (1984). Black Musical Theater, 1870-1930: Research Problems and Resources. American Music. 2(4). 95–95. 1 indexed citations
16.
Riis, Thomas L.. (1981). Black Musical Theatre in New York, 1890-1915.. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 1 indexed citations

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