The Rise of Gospel Blues: The Music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the Urban Church

The Rise of Gospel Blues: The Music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the Urban Church

by Michael W . Harris (Author)

Synopsis

A well researched account of gospel blues that encompasses the broader cultural and religious histories of the African-American experience between the late 1890s and the 1930s. Harris skilfully contextualizes sacred and secular music styles within African-American religious history and significant social developments of the period.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 356
Edition: Annotated
Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
Published: 21 Jul 1994

ISBN 10: 0195090578
ISBN 13: 9780195090574