Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm
Reihe: American Made Music Series
The Sermons of Reverend A. W. Nix
Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm
Reihe: American Made Music Series
ISBN: 978-1-4968-3925-1
Verlag: University Press of Mississippi
Through interviews with family members, musical analyses of the sounds on Nix’s recordings, and examination of historical documents and relevant scholarship, Terri Brinegar argues that the development of the phonograph in the 1920s afforded preachers like Nix the opportunity to present traditional Black vocal styles of the southern Black church as modern Black voices. These vocal styles also influenced musical styles. The "moaning voice" used by Nix and other ministers was a direct connection to the "blues moan" employed by many blues singers including Blind Willie, Blind Lemon, and Ma Rainey. Both Reverend A. W. Nix and his brother, W. M. Nix, were an influence on the "Father of Gospel Music," Thomas A. Dorsey. The success of Nix’s recorded sermons demonstrates the enduring values African Americans placed on traditional vocal practices.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Geistliche Musik, Religiöse Musik
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Homiletik
- Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musikkritik
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde