"Somebody's calling my name" : Black sacred music and social change / Wyatt Tee Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Wyatt Tee.

Contributor:

Taylor, Gardner C., writer of foreword.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Music--History and criticism.

African Americans.

African Americans--Music.

Gospel music--History and criticism.

Gospel music.

Music--United States.

Music.

United States.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

208 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of color plate : illustrations, music ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Somebody's Calling My Name

Place of Publication:

Valley Forge : Judson Press, 1979.

Contents:

Introduction

African Roots-American Fruit

The Oral Tradition Sails West

"Hush! Somebody's Calling My Name!" The Afro-American Spiritual

"I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry" Black Meter Music

"What a Friend We Have in Jesus" Hymns of Improvisation

"The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow!" Gospel: Historic and Modern

What Lies Ahead?

Notes:

"Book design: David Monyer. Cover photo: Frank Solano."

Foreword by Gardner C. Taylor.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-196) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0817008497 :

OCLC:

4932902