1. The Underground Renaissance: Acknowledging Early 20th Century Black Musicians as Forefathers of Modern Musical Culture Open Access Author: Hooper, Kelly Title: The Underground Renaissance: Acknowledging Early 20th Century Black Musicians as Forefathers of Modern Musical Culture Area of Honors: Music Keywords: classical musicjazzmusicculturemusic culturecoplanddebussyelitismblack musicbluesmusic historyclassical music performance etiquettejazz improvisationBaroque improvisations File: Download The_Underground_Renaissance_-Kelly_Hooper.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Charles Dowell Youmans, Thesis SupervisorCharles Dowell Youmans, Thesis Honors AdvisorEric John Mckee, Faculty Reader