Book contents
- Frontmatter
- 1 Surveying the field: our knowledge of blues and gospel music
- 2 Labels: identifying categories of blues and gospel
- 3 The development of the blues
- 4 The development of gospel music
- 5 Twelve key recordings
- 6 “Black twice”: performance conditions for blues and gospel artists
- 7 Vocal expression in the blues and gospel
- 8 The Guitar
- 9 Keyboard techniques
- 10 Imagery in the lyrics: an initial approach
- 11 Appropriations of blues and gospel in popular music
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Selected discography and videography
- Index
- Plate section
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 September 2011
- Frontmatter
- 1 Surveying the field: our knowledge of blues and gospel music
- 2 Labels: identifying categories of blues and gospel
- 3 The development of the blues
- 4 The development of gospel music
- 5 Twelve key recordings
- 6 “Black twice”: performance conditions for blues and gospel artists
- 7 Vocal expression in the blues and gospel
- 8 The Guitar
- 9 Keyboard techniques
- 10 Imagery in the lyrics: an initial approach
- 11 Appropriations of blues and gospel in popular music
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Selected discography and videography
- Index
- Plate section
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- The Cambridge Companion to Blues and Gospel Music , pp. i - xviiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003