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--particularly Sister Rosetta Tharpe--and...
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| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
2004
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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