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The rise of gospel blues [[electronic resource] ] : the music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the urban church / / Michael W. Harris



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Autore: Harris Michael W Visualizza persona
Titolo: The rise of gospel blues [[electronic resource] ] : the music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the urban church / / Michael W. Harris Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 1994, c1992
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (630 p.)
Disciplina: 782.25
Soggetto topico: Gospel music - History and criticism
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-316) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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: 1932-1937
Notes Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Most 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
Titolo autorizzato: The rise of gospel blues  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-771588-5
0-19-987988-5
0-19-028947-3
0-19-802285-9
1-280-52754-4
0-19-535811-2
1-4294-0597-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910777050303321
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