UID:
almafu_9960800477902883
Format:
1 online resource (308 pages)
ISBN:
0-252-05274-9
Series Statement:
Music in American life
Content:
From tent revivals to radio and records with a gospel music innovator Homer Rodeheaver merged evangelical hymns and African American spirituals with popular music to create a potent gospel style. Kevin Mungons and Douglas Yeo examine his enormous influence on gospel music against the backdrop of Christian music history and Rodeheaver's impact as a cultural and business figure.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2021.
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Prologue -- Southern Roots and Early Years -- Gospel Songs and Urban Revivalism -- Commercial Gospel Music -- New Technology to Promote an Old Story -- The Mission of Rainbow Records -- Spirituals and Minstrelsy -- Jim Crow Revivalism Meets the Klan -- Preserving and Exporting the Gospel Songs -- Falling Out of Step at the Close of an Era -- Epilogue. "It's Up to You, Rody, to Free Them".
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-252-04384-7
Language:
English
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