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1 online resource (xxiii, 324 pages) : music, portraits |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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, but more 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 African-American religion and culture, the other saw the church as a means by which African Americans would assimilate into American Christianity and the dominant Anglo-American culture. However, by the end of the 1930s the former group prevailed by the power of the music. From that time on, gospel blues became a major force in African-American churches and religion. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Dorsey, Thomas Andrew.
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Dorsey, Thomas Andrew. |
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Dorsey, Thomas Andrew. |
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Gospel music -- History and criticism.
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Gospel music. |
| Indexed Term |
Gospel music |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Harris, Michael W. Rise of gospel blues. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1994, ©1992 0195090578 (DLC) 91008987 (OCoLC)30914242 |
| ISBN |
142940597X (electronic book) |
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9781429405973 (electronic book) |
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1280527544 |
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9781280527548 |
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0195090578 (paperback) |
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9780195090574 (paperback) |
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