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

by Michael W. Harris

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Rise of Gospel Blues : The Music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the Urban Church, Paperback by Harris, Michael W., ISBN 0195090578, ISBN-13 9780195090574, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Most observers believe that gospel music has been sung in African-American churches since their organization in the late 1800s. Nothing could be further from the truth as Michael Harris's history of gospel blues reveals. Tracing the rise of gospel blues as seen through the career of its founding figure, Thomas Andrew Dorsey, Harris not only tells the story of the most prominent person in the advent of gospel blues, but also contextualizes this powerful new musical form within African-American religious history and significant social developments.

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 1994
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN: 9780195090574
• Condition: Fine

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