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Document Type: | Book |
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Bernice J Reagon |
ISBN: | 1560981660 9781560981664 1560981679 9781560981671 |
OCLC Number: | 633566614 |
Description: | XII, 384 Seiten : Illustrationen, zahlreiche Notenbeispiele. |
Contents: | Part 1 I. Overview Chapter 2 1. Pioneering African American Gospel Music Composers: A Smithsonian Institution Research Project Chapter 3 2. The Impact of Gospel Music on the Secular Music Industry Part 4 II. Charles Albert Tindley Chapter 5 3. Searching for Tindley Chapter 6 4. Charles Albert Tindley: Progenitor of African American Gospel Music Part 7 III. Lucie Eddie Campbell Williams Chapter 8 5. Lucie E. Campbell: Composer for the National Baptist Convention Chapter 9 6. Lucie E. Campbell: Her Nurturing and Expansion of Gospel Music in the National Baptist Convention, U.S.A. Inc. Chapter 10 7. Lucie E. Campbell Williams: A Cultural Biography Part 11 IV. Thomas Andrew Dorsey Chapter 12 8. "Take My Hand, Precious Lord, Lead Me On" Chapter 13 9. Conflict and Resolution in the Life of Thomas Andrew Dorsey Part 14 V. William Herbert Brewster, Sr. Chapter 15 10. William Herbert Brewster: Rememberings Chapter 16 11. William Herbert Brewster: The Eloquent Poet Chapter 17 12. "If I Fail, You Tell the World I Tried" Chapter 18 13. William Herbert Brewster: Pioneer of the Sacred Pageant Part 19 VI. Roberta Martin Chapter 20 14. Roberta Martin: Spirit of an Era Chapter 21 15. Roberta Martin: Innovator of Modern Gospel Music Chapter 22 16. Conversations: Roberta Martin Singers Roundtable Part 23 VII. Kenneth Morris Chapter 24 17. Kenneth Morris: Composer and Dean of Black Gospel Music Publishers Chapter 25 18. Kenneth Morris: "I'll Be a Servant for the Lord" Chapter 26 References Cited Chapter 27 Discography Chapter 28 Annotated Bibliography of African American Gospel Music Chapter 29 Contributors Chapter 30 Index |
Series Title: | The "Wade in the water" series |
Responsibility: | ed. by Bernice Johnson Reagon. |
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Reagon ... points out that the music of black Americans is at the base of the majority of popular music not only in this country, but in the world... We'll Understand It Better By and By reaches back to the roots of gospel music and its genesis among African-Americans. Philadelphia Inquirer This large, handsomely illustrated volume ... explores the lives, times, and accomplishments of six of the most influential composers of gospel music: Charles A. Tindley, Lucie E. Campbell Williams, Thomas A. Dorsey, William H. Brewster, Sr., Roberta Martin, and Kenneth Morris. American Historical Review With fascinating narratives, stories, and groundbreaking research, this momentous work is a landmark in the scholarship of gospel music. The Griot Reagon presents a superb collection of essays - by academics who are also gospel performers or record producers - that focus on major figures in black gospel music. Publishers Weekly With its useful bibliography, discography, interviews, and essays, this collection explors the 'rough side of the mountain' that these important but overlooked composers have traversed and vividly evoked throughout this century Journal of American History A splendidly comprehensive and invaluable history of one of our most rousing and treasured forms of art and worship... Reagon and her contributors explore every aspect of gospel's history, spiritual significance, and influence on secular music. Booklist By eloquently and forcefully making a case for a spiritual core within African American gospel music, Reagon has paved the way for similar approaches to the investigation of appropriate genres in Western music. American Music Read more...

