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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Allan F Moore |
| ISBN: | 0521806356 9780521806350 0521001072 9780521001076 |
| OCLC Number: | 50582983 |
| Description: | xviii, 208 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., music ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Surveying the field : our knowledge of blues and gospel music / Allan Moore -- Labels : identifying categories of blues and gospel / Jeff Todd Titon -- The development of the blues / David Evans -- The development of gospel music / Don Cusic -- Twelve key recordings / Graeme M. Boone -- "Black twice" : performance conditions for blues and gospel artists / Steve Tracy -- Vocal expression in the blues and gospel / Barb Jungr -- The guitar / Matt Backer -- Keyboard techniques / Adrian York -- Imagery in the lyrics : an initial approach / Guido van Rijn -- Appropriations of blues and gospel in popular music / Dave Headlam. |
| Series Title: | Cambridge companions to music. |
| Other Titles: | Blues and gospel music |
| Responsibility: | edited by Allan Moore. |
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Abstract:
From Robert Johnson to Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson to John Lee Hooker, blues and gospel artists figure heavily in the mythology of 20th-century culture. This is an overview of blues and gospel music as an expression of 20th-century black US experience.
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