The Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel Music (Cambridge Companions to Music) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521001072 ISBN 13: 9780521001076

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

From Robert Johnson to Aretha Franklin, Mahalia Jackson to John Lee Hooker, blues and gospel artists play significant roles in twentieth-century culture. This overview of these genres provides an expression of the twentieth-century black American experience. Histories are questioned; songs and lyrical imagery are analyzed; perspectives are presented from the standpoint of voice, guitar, piano, and working musician. A concluding chapter discusses the impact that the genres have had on mainstream musical culture.

About this title

Book Description:

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. This book provides an overview of both these genres, which together provide an expression of twentieth-century black US experience. Their histories are unfolded and questioned; representative songs and lyrical imagery are analysed; and perspectives are offered from the standpoint of the voice, the guitar, the piano, and also that of the working musician. A concluding chapter discusses the impact the genres have had on mainstream musical culture.

About the Author:

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).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521001072
• ISBN 13: 9780521001076
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236
• Editor: Moore Allan