02633nam 2200577 450 991081833290332120210901203611.00-252-05274-9(CKB)4100000011962410(MiAaPQ)EBC6642363(Au-PeEL)EBL6642363(OCoLC)1257076006(StDuBDS)EDZ0002565805(EXLCZ)99410000001196241020210628d2021 fy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHomer Rodeheaver and the rise of the gospel music industry /Kevin Mungons and Douglas Yeo[electronic resource]Urbana :University of Illinois Press,2021.1 online resource (308 pages)Music in American lifeIllinois scholarship onlineAlso issued in print: 2021.0-252-04384-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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".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.Music in American life.Illinois scholarship online.Music publishersUnited StatesBiographyMusiciansUnited StatesBiographyTrombonistsUnited StatesBiographyEvangelistsUnited StatesBiographyGospel musicHistory and criticismMusic publishersMusiciansTrombonistsEvangelistsGospel musicHistory and criticism.782.254092Mungons Kevin1963-1653844Yeo DouglasStDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910818332903321Homer Rodeheaver and the rise of the gospel music industry4005335UNINA