LEADER 03125nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910777050303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-771588-5 010 $a0-19-987988-5 010 $a0-19-028947-3 010 $a0-19-802285-9 010 $a1-280-52754-4 010 $a0-19-535811-2 010 $a1-4294-0597-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000412437 035 $a(EBL)716754 035 $a(OCoLC)782865383 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000365373 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12132641 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365373 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10423045 035 $a(PQKB)10403301 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL716754 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10278783 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL52754 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL273184 035 $a(OCoLC)437173416 035 $a(PPN)182043665 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC716754 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000412437 100 $a19940725h19941992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe rise of gospel blues$b[electronic resource] $ethe music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the urban church /$fMichael W. Harris 210 $aNew York ;$aOxford $cOxford University Press$d1994, c1992 215 $a1 online resource (630 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-506376-7 311 $a0-19-509057-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-316) and index. 327 $aCover 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: 1932-1937 327 $aNotes Bibliography; Index 330 $aMost 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 became 606 $aGospel music$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aGospel music$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a782.25 700 $aHarris$b Michael W$066777 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777050303321 996 $aThe rise of gospel blues$93806134 997 $aUNINA