Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel Music

Name: Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel Music
Price: 18.83 USD
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ISBN: 9780521001076

ISBN-10: 0521001072

ISBN-13: 9780521001076

Edition: 2002

Authors: Allan Moore, Jonathan Cross

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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.

Book details

List price: $31.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 3/13/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 236
Size: 6.85" wide x 9.72" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

Allan F. Moore is Professor of Popular Music and Head of the School of Performing Arts at the University of Surrey. He is author of Rock: The Primary Text and editor of The Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel Music. He is also co-editor of the journals Popular Music and Twentieth-Century Music




Surveying the field: our knowledge of blues and gospel music




Labels: identifying categories of blues and gospel




The development of the blues




The development of gospel music




Twelve key recordings




'Black twice': performance conditions for blues and gospel artists




Vocal expression in the blues and gospel




The guitar




Keyboard techniques




Imagery in the lyrics




Appropriations of blues and gospel in popular music