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

Name: Rise of Gospel Blues The Music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the Urban Church
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ISBN: 9780195090574

ISBN-10: 0195090578

ISBN-13: 9780195090574

Edition: 1992

Authors: Michael W. Harris

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Thomas A. Dorsey, also known as `Georgia Tom', had considerable success in the 1920's as a pianist, composer, and arranger for prominent blues singers including Ma Rainey. In the late 1930s, Dorsey became involved in African-American old-line Protestant churches, where his background in the blues greatly influenced his composing and singing. At first these `respectable' Chicago churches rejected this new form, partially because of the unseemly reputation blues performance had, butmore because of the excitement that gospel blues produced in the church congregation. A controversy developed between two conflicting visions; one segment idealized an institution that nurtured a distinct…

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List price: $43.99
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/23/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.31" wide x 7.99" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



List of Music Examples


Introduction



Religion and Blackness in Rural Georgia: 1899-1908



Music, Literacy, and Society in Atlanta: 1910-1916



Blues--From "Lowdown" to "Jass": 1921-1923



Blues--From "Jass" to "Lowdown": 1924-1928



Old-Line Religion and Musicians: 1920-1930



Old-Line Religion and Urban Migrants: 1920-1930



Preachers and Bluesmen: 1928-1931



The Emergence of Gospel Blues: 1931-1932



Giving the Gospel a Blues Voice: 1932



A Place for Gospel Blues in Old-Line Religion: 1932-1937


Notes


Bibliography


Index