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The Cambridge companion to blues and gospel music

Author: Allan F Moore
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Series: Cambridge companions to music.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
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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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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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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