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The Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel Music
Allan (Ed) Moore
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Description for The Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel Music
Paperback. An overview of blues and gospel music as an expression of twentieth-century black US experience. Editor(s): Moore, Allan. Series: Cambridge Companions to Music. Num Pages: 236 pages, 9 b/w illus. 12 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGK; AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 174 x 13. Weight in Grams: 410. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
From Robert Johnson to Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson to John Lee Hooker, blues and gospel artists figure heavily in the mythology of twentieth-century culture. The styles in which they sang have proved hugely influential to generations of popular singers, from the wholesale adoptions of singers like Robert Cray or James Brown, to the subtler vocal appropriations of Mariah Carey. Their own music, and how it operates, is not, however, always seen as valid in its own right. This book provides an overview of both these genres, which worked together to provide an expression of twentieth-century black US experience. Their histories ... Read more
From Robert Johnson to Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson to John Lee Hooker, blues and gospel artists figure heavily in the mythology of twentieth-century culture. The styles in which they sang have proved hugely influential to generations of popular singers, from the wholesale adoptions of singers like Robert Cray or James Brown, to the subtler vocal appropriations of Mariah Carey. Their own music, and how it operates, is not, however, always seen as valid in its own right. This book provides an overview of both these genres, which worked together to provide an expression of twentieth-century black US experience. Their histories ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Cambridge Companions to Music
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521001076
SKU
KKD0003109
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Ref
99-1
About Allan (Ed) Moore
Allan Moore is Head of the School of Performing Arts at the University of Surrey. He has written widely on popular music and is author of The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Cambridge University Press, 1997), and Rock: The Primary Text (1993).
Reviews for The Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel Music
'The Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel Music will find its place in serious collections of a musical nature.' Reference Reviews '… stimulating and informative book …'. British Journal of Music Education