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

by Michael W. Harris

Book Overview

Most observers believe that gospel music has been sung in African American churches since their organization in the late 1800s. Yet nothing could be further from the truth, as Michael W. Harris's history reveals. Working through the blues and gospel movement. Harris reconstructs the rise of gospel blues within the context of early twentieth century African American cultural history.

After a nervous breakdown and a subsequent religious conversion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195090578
• ISBN13: 9780195090574
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"