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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818332903321

Autore

Mungons Kevin <1963->

Titolo

Homer Rodeheaver and the rise of the gospel music industry / / Kevin Mungons and Douglas Yeo [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2021

ISBN

0-252-05274-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 pages)

Collana

Music in American life

Illinois scholarship online

Disciplina

782.254092

Soggetti

Music publishers - United States

Musicians - United States

Trombonists - United States

Evangelists - United States

Gospel music - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also issued in print: 2021.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue -- Southern Roots and Early Years -- Gospel Songs and Urban Revivalism -- Commercial Gospel Music -- New Technology to Promote an Old Story -- The Mission of Rainbow Records -- Spirituals and Minstrelsy -- Jim Crow Revivalism Meets the Klan -- Preserving and Exporting the Gospel Songs -- Falling Out of Step at the Close of an Era -- Epilogue. "It's Up to You, Rody, to Free Them".

Sommario/riassunto

From tent revivals to radio and records with a gospel music innovator Homer Rodeheaver merged evangelical hymns and African American spirituals with popular music to create a potent gospel style. Kevin Mungons and Douglas Yeo examine his enormous influence on gospel music against the backdrop of Christian music history and Rodeheaver's impact as a cultural and business figure.