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This page intentionally left blank TheCambridgeCompaniontoBlues andGospelMusic FromRobertJohnsontoArethaFranklin,MahaliaJacksonto JohnLeeHooker,bluesandgospelartistsfigureheavilyinthe mythologyoftwentieth-centuryculture.Thestylesinwhichthey sanghaveprovedhugelyinfluentialtogenerationsofpopular singers,fromthewholesaleadoptionsofsingerslikeRobert CrayorJamesBrown,tothesubtlervocalappropriationsof MariahCarey.Theirownmusic,andhowitoperates,isnot, however,alwaysseenasvalidinitsownright. Thisbookoffersanoverviewofboththesegenres,which workedtogethertoprovideanexpressionoftwentieth-century blackU.S.experience.Theirhistoriesareunfoldedand questioned;representativesongsandlyricalimageryare analyzed;perspectivesareofferedfromthestandpointofthe voice,theguitar,thepiano,andalsothatoftheworking musician.Thebookconcludeswithadiscussionoftheimpact thegenreshavehadonmainstreammusicalculture. allan mooreisHeadoftheDepartmentofMusicatthe UniversityofSurrey,U.K.Hehaswrittenwidelyonpopular musicandisauthorofTheBeatles:Sgt.Pepper’sLonelyHearts ClubBand(Cambridge,1997),andRock:ThePrimaryText(1993, 2002). Cambridge Companions to Music Composers TheCambridgeCompaniontoBach EditedbyJohnButt TheCambridgeCompaniontoBarto´k EditedbyAmandaBayley TheCambridgeCompaniontoBeethoven EditedbyGlennStanley TheCambridgeCompaniontoBenjaminBritten EditedbyMervynCooke TheCambridgeCompaniontoBerg EditedbyAnthonyPople TheCambridgeCompaniontoBerlioz EditedbyPeterBloom TheCambridgeCompaniontoBrahms EditedbyMichaelMusgrave TheCambridgeCompaniontoJohnCage EditedbyDavidNicholls TheCambridgeCompaniontoChopin EditedbyJimSamson TheCambridgeCompaniontoDebussy EditedbySimonTrezise TheCambridgeCompaniontoHandel EditedbyDonaldBurrows TheCambridgeCompaniontoRavel EditedbyDeborahMawer TheCambridgeCompaniontoSchubert EditedbyChristopherGibbs TheCambridgeCompaniontoStravinsky EditedbyJonathanCross Instruments TheCambridgeCompaniontoBrassInstruments EditedbyTrevorHerbertandJohnWallace TheCambridgeCompaniontotheCello EditedbyRobinStowell TheCambridgeCompaniontotheClarinet EditedbyColinLawson TheCambridgeCompaniontotheOrgan EditedbyNicholasThistlethwaiteandGeoffreyWebber TheCambridgeCompaniontothePiano EditedbyDavidRowland TheCambridgeCompaniontotheRecorder EditedbyJohnMansfieldThomson CambridgeCompaniontotheSaxophone EditedbyRichardIngham CambridgeCompaniontoSinging EditedbyJohnPotter TheCambridgeCompaniontotheViolin EditedbyRobinStowell Topics TheCambridgeCompaniontoBluesandGospelMusic EditedbyAllanMoore TheCambridgeCompaniontoJazz EditedbyMervynCookeandDavidHorn TheCambridgeCompaniontotheMusical EditedbyWilliamEverettandPaulLaird TheCambridgeCompaniontotheOrchestra EditedbyColinLawson TheCambridgeCompaniontoPopandRock EditedbySimonFrith,WillStrawandJohnStreet the cambridge companion to BLUES AND GOSPEL MUSIC ................. edited by AllanMoore Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge , United Kingdom Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521806350 © Cambridge University Press 2002 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2003 - ---- eBook (EBL) - --- eBook (EBL) - ---- hardback - --- hardback - ---- paperback - --- paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of s for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this book, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Contents Listofillustrations [pageviii] Notesoncontributors [ix] Chronology [xii] Preface [xvii] 1 Surveyingthefield:ourknowledgeofbluesandgospelmusic AllanMoore [1] 2 Labels:identifyingcategoriesofbluesandgospel JeffToddTiton [13] 3 Thedevelopmentoftheblues DavidEvans [20] 4 Thedevelopmentofgospelmusic DonCusic [44] 5 Twelvekeyrecordings GraemeM.Boone [61] 6 “Blacktwice”:performanceconditionsforbluesandgospelartists SteveTracy [89] 7 Vocalexpressioninthebluesandgospel BarbJungr [102] 8 TheGuitar MattBacker [116] 9 Keyboardtechniques AdrianYork [130] 10 Imageryinthelyrics:aninitialapproach GuidovanRijn [141] 11 Appropriationsofbluesandgospelinpopularmusic DaveHeadlam [158] Notes [188] Bibliography [194] Selecteddiscographyandvideography [202] Index [205] [vii] Illustrations (betweenpages88and89) 1 MahaliaJackson 2 FredMcDowell 3 BessieSmith,late1920s 4 MuddyWaters 5 GoldenGateQuartet 6 JohnLeeHooker 7 ArethaFranklin 8 Rev.GaryDavisatKeeleFolkFestival1966 9 ThomasA.DorseyaspianistwithMaRainey [viii]
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