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

• Autore: Harris Michael W.
• Pubblicazione: New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (630 p.)
• Disciplina: 782.25
• Soggetto topico: Gospel music - History and criticism
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 1992.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 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: Gospel blues, a blend of sacred texts and blues tunes, was first heard in the late 1930s in the black Protestant churches of the American mid-west and north-east. This text traces the origins and development of gospel music as seen through the career of its founding father, Rev Thomas Dorsey.
• Titolo autorizzato: The rise of gospel blues
• 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.: 9910816820703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.