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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, Michael W., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dorsey, Thomas Andrew, 1899-.

Dorsey, Thomas Andrew.

Gospel music--History and criticism.

Gospel music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (630 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-316) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

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

OCLC:

782865383