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Title Saints and sinners : religion, blues, and (D)evil in African-American music and literature : proceedings of the conference held at the Université de Liége (October 1991) / edited by Robert Sacré.

Publication Info. Liége : Société liégeoise de musicologie, 1996.

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Description xii, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Etudes & éditions / Sociéte ́liégeoise de musicologie ; 5
Etudes & éditions (Sociéte ĺiégeoise de musicologie) ; 5.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The saints and sinners under the swing of the cross / Robert Sacré -- Blues and evil : theomusicology and Afrocentricity / Jon Michael spencer -- The emergence of the slave spiritual in the South Carolina, Georgia Lowcountry 1830-1870 / Robert M. Lewis -- The prevailing spirit of African American solo vocal music / Marylin Thompson -- The cultural evolution of the African American sacred quartet / Joyce Marie Jackson -- Barrelhouse singers and sanctified preachers / Christopher Lornell -- Denomination Blues, Texas gospel with novelty accompaniment by Washington Phillips / Guido van Rijn -- Prodigal sons : Son House and Robert Wilkins / Mark Humphrey -- "A dead cat on the line" / Paul Oliver -- "The Titanic, a case study of religious and secular attitudes in African American son" / Chris Smith -- The use of sacred and secular music in Rudolph Fisher's "The Promised land" / Steve Tracy -- Jazz as religion in some works by Frank London Brown and Theolonius Monk / Stephan Richter -- Echoes of the relation "Sacred versus secular music" in the works of James Baldwin / Peter Anthonissen -- Spiritual and Gospel music and the rise of an Afro-American identity in U.S. radio / Sébastian Danchin -- Religious words in blues lyrics and titles : a study / André J.M. Prévos -- God's music vs the devil's music. What the blues lyrics say / Robert Springer.
Subject African Americans -- Music -- History and criticism -- Congresses.
African Americans -- Music.
Blues (Music) -- History and criticism -- Congresses.
Blues (Music)
Gospel music -- History and criticism -- Congresses.
Gospel music.
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism -- Congresses.
American literature -- African American authors.
Noirs américains -- Musique -- Histoire et critique -- Congrès.
Blues -- États-Unis -- Histoire et critique -- Congrès.
Musique -- États-Unis -- Aspect religieux -- Congrès.
Littérature américaine -- Auteurs noirs américains -- Histoire et critique -- Congrès.
Musique dans la littérature -- Congrès.
Literatur.
Afroamerikanische Musik.
Schwarze.
USA.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Sacré, Robert, 1940-
Other Form: Online version: Saints and sinners. Liége : Société liégeoise de musicologie, 1996 (OCoLC)639590848