McNeil Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-37700-7
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 512 Seiten

The Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music is the first comprehensive reference to cover this important American musical form. Coverage includes all aspects of both African-American and white gospel from history and performers to recording techniques and styles as well as the influence of gospel on different musical genres and cultural trends.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McNeil, W. K.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Geistliche Musik, Religiöse Musik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Entries include:

2nd Chapter of Acts
Anointed Pace Singers
Armstrong, Vanessa Bell
Barbershop Quartets
Bluegrass
Canaan Records
Cooke, Sam
Davis, Rev. Gary
Dixie Hummingbirds
Easy Instructor
Ely, Brother Claude
Fairfield Four
Five Blind Boys of Mississippi
Georgia, Gospel in
Gospel Music Hall of Fame
Green, Al
Harmonizing Four
Homeland Records
Inspirations, The
Isaacs, The
Jackson, Wanda
Jones, Bessie
King Records
Klaudt Indian Family
Lillenas Publishing Company
Love Song
McGee, Ford Washington
Morris, Kenneth
National Barn Dance
Newsboys
Oak Ridge Boys
Original Gospel Harmonettes
Performance Styles
Presley, Elvis
Quartet Contests
RCA Victor Records
Revivals
Sacred Harp
Shouts
Taggart, Blind Joe
Trumpet
Unseld, B. C.
Virginia Normal School of Music
Vocal Styles
Waters, Ethel
WSB
Yohe, Vicky
Zondervan Company
And many more

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. William K. McNeil, a historian with a Ph.D. in Folklore and American Studies, has been the folklorist at the Ozark folk Center in Mountain View, Arkansas, since 1976. Dr. McNeil has also worked for the Smithsonian Institution and the Office of State History in Albany, NY. In 1995, he was elected to the Fellows of the American Folklore Society.
Dr. McNeil has writen sixteen books and contributed to many publications as an editor, columnist, or reviewer. He has also produced thirty-six recordings dealing with folk, popular, country, and gospel music. His Smithsonian Collection of Classic Blues was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1993.