Singing in my soul : black gospel music in a secular age /
Black gospel music grew from obscure nineteenth-century beginnings to become the leading style of sacred music in black American communities after World War II. Jerma A. Jackson traces the music's unique history, profiling the careers of several singers and demonstrating the important role wome...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
2004
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| Series: | African American music reference.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Black gospel music grew from obscure nineteenth-century beginnings to become the leading style of sacred music in black American communities after World War II. Jerma A. Jackson traces the music's unique history, profiling the careers of several singers and demonstrating the important role women played in popularizing gospel. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 193 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-184) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807863619 0807863610 0807855308 9780807855300 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
