03125nam 2200649Ia 450 991077705030332120200520144314.00-19-771588-50-19-987988-50-19-028947-30-19-802285-91-280-52754-40-19-535811-21-4294-0597-X(CKB)1000000000412437(EBL)716754(OCoLC)782865383(SSID)ssj0000365373(PQKBManifestationID)12132641(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365373(PQKBWorkID)10423045(PQKB)10403301(Au-PeEL)EBL716754(CaPaEBR)ebr10278783(CaONFJC)MIL52754(Au-PeEL)EBL273184(OCoLC)437173416(PPN)182043665(MiAaPQ)EBC716754(EXLCZ)99100000000041243719940725h19941992 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe rise of gospel blues[electronic resource] the music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the urban church /Michael W. HarrisNew York ;Oxford Oxford University Press1994, c19921 online resource (630 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-506376-7 0-19-509057-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-316) and index.Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Music Examples; Introduction; 1 Religion and Blackness in Rural Georgia: 1899-1908; 2 Music, Literacy, and Society in Atlanta: 1910-1916; 3 Blues-From "Lowdown" to "Jass": 1921-1923; 4 Blues-From "Jass" to "Lowdown": 1924-1928; 5 Old-Line Religion and Musicians: 1920-1930; 6 Old-Line Religion and Urban Migrants: 1920-1930; 7 Preachers and Bluesmen: 1928-1931; 8 The Emergence of Gospel Blues: 1931-1932; 9 Giving the Gospel a Blues Voice: 1932; 10 A Place for Gospel Blues in Old-Line Religion: 1932-1937Notes Bibliography; IndexMost observers believe that gospel music has been sung in African-American churches since their organization in the late 1800's. Yet nothing could be further from the truth, as Michael W. Harris's history of gospel blues reveals. Tracing the rise of gospel blues as seen through the career of its founding figure, Thomas Andrew Dorsey, Harris tells the story of the most prominent person in the advent of gospel blues. Also known as ""Georgia Tom,"" Dorsey had considerable success in the 1920's as a pianist, composer, and arranger for prominent blues singes including Ma Rainey. In the 1930's he becameGospel musicHistory and criticismGospel musicHistory and criticism.782.25Harris Michael W66777MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777050303321The rise of gospel blues3806134UNINA