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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Gospel music"”.
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The Saxophone as a Solo Instument in Gospel Music: The Musical Contributions of Dr. Vernard Johnson
… Vernard Johnson (b.1948) is an African American musician who introduced the saxophone as a solo instrument to the gospel music tradition in the black church. Though Johnson is not the first to play the saxophone in church, he is the one who popularized and blazed the trail for other …
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“When Christ and grime combine”: Gospel grime cultures in contemporary London
Gospel grime is a Black-British religio-musical subgenre which emerged in London at the turn of the century. As a Black-British, street-credible musical brand of Christianity emerging from within grime musical culture, the manifestation of the genre reflects the dual identity formation of its …
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Thomas A. Dorsey's influence on African-American worship
… examines how Charles Albert Tindley's gospel hymn singing tradition influenced Dorsey to create and perpetuate gospel music as a theologically viable form of expression within the African-American worship experience. An analysis of the state of the African-American church and Dorsey's …
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Gospel According to Bristol: The Life, Music, and Ministry of Ernest Phipps.
<p>"Gospel According To Bristol: The Life, Ministry, and Ministry of Ernest Phipps" is the first biographical and critical writing on the Kentucky Holiness preacher and Bristol Sessions recording artist. With information gathered from interviews with his surviving family members, court documents, …
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Sidewinder syndrome : improvisational vocabulary and construction of Richard "Blue" Mitchell and Lee Morgan
… Syndrome to describe the funky style of music popularized through the success of Lee Morgan's solo release of "Sidewinder. The funky style, rooted in the heart of the hard bop period (1955-1965), united jazz, Latin influences, and popular black traditions such as gospel and urban blues. …
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Chasing That Ghost On Stage: The Haunted Continent And Andrew Bird's Apocrypha
… and metaphorical journeys south of Chicago musician Andrew Bird. Using what historical record is publicly available, I examine Bird's formal musical training. I then explore the years between 1995 and 2001, or what I call Bird's period of apprenticeship. Next is an exploration of the …
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Single Mother, Migrant Domestic Workers: Exploring the coping experience of low-income Zimbabwean women raising their children in South Africa
… their hardships, such as crying or listening to gospel music, because there are no practical solutions at this time. Choosing to bring their children to South Africa is a coping mechanism in itself which aims to reduce expenses associated with remittance and to alleviate the pain of family …
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Purgatory's Place in The South: A Black Woman's Journey to the Promised Land
… I used titles of songs from Black church music for chapters and stories which provide a bibliography of gospel music that connected the Black community in the shared need to survive the impact of slavery and its residual effects. Although I was moved by their soulful rhythms and warm …
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The Gospel Song Movement
Th. D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1916
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A guide to the principal authors and composers of gospel song of the nineteenth century
… guide to the principal authors and composers of gospel song of the nineteenth century. Such a tool was necessitated as a result of the growing number of church personnel, educators, and researchers seeking information about the gospel song. The unique nature of the guide was its compilation of …
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A emoção no discurso da música gospel como estratégia na captação de fiéis
… caráter patêmico contido nos discursos da música gospel evangélica, levando em consideração a sua evidência na mídia bem como no mercado fonográfico, nos últimos anos. Desta forma, nosso objetivo foi descrever as letras das canções evangélicas e relacionar sua organização discursiva ao efeito …