Protest & praise : sacred music of Black religion / Jon Michael Spencer.
| Author/creator |
Spencer, Jon Michael |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Minneapolis : Fortress Press, ©1990. |
| Description | x, 262 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Variant title | Protest and praise |
| Contents | pt. 1. Protest song. Promises and passages: the Exodus story told through the spirituals ; Songs of the free: moral abolitionism in antislavery hymnody ; The kingdom come: hymns for the social awakening ; We shall overcome: freedom songs of the civil rights movement ; Bluesman Adam and Blueswoman Eve: a theology for the blues -- pt. 2. Praise song. The drum deferred: rhythm in black religion of the African diaspora ; The heavenly anthem: Holy Ghost singing in the primal pentecostal revival ; Isochronisms of antistructure: music in the black holiness-pentecostal testimony service ; Christ against culture: anticulturalism in the gospel of gospel ; Sermon and surplus: musicality in black preaching. |
| Abstract | Here is a tracing of two tracks in the evolution of musical genres that have evolved from black religion. Songs of protest developed from the spiritual through social-gospel hymnody to culminate in songs of the civil-rights movement and the blues. Born in rebellion, they envision the Kingdom of God. Songs of praise, by contrast, express adoration. Beginning with the "ring-shout," the author follows the history of intoned declamation through the tongue song, Holiness-Pentecostal music, and the chanted sermon of the black preacher. |
| Local note | Little-279181 |
| Local note | Little-308036--305131016168Z |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 89023573 |
| ISBN | 0800624041 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML3556 .S8 1990 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |