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

• Autore: Mungons Kevin <1963->
• Pubblicazione: Urbana : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 pages)
• Disciplina: 782.254092
• Soggetto topico: Music publishers - United States; Musicians - United States; Trombonists - United States; Evangelists - United States; Gospel music - History and criticism
• Persona (resp. second.): YeoDouglas
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Homer Rodeheaver and the rise of the gospel music industry
• ISBN: 0-252-05274-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910794552803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Music in American life.; Illinois scholarship online.