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Wasn't That a Mighty Day - African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,447
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Wasn't That a Mighty Day - African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster (Hardcover): Luigi Monge, David Evans

Wasn't That a Mighty Day - African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster (Hardcover)

Luigi Monge, David Evans

Series: American Made Music Series

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Wasn't That a Mighty Day: African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster takes a comprehensive look at sacred and secular disaster songs, shining a spotlight on their historical and cultural importance. Featuring newly transcribed lyrics, the book offers sustained attention to how both Black and white communities responded to many of the tragic events that occurred before the mid-1950s. Through detailed textual analysis, Luigi Monge explores songs on natural disasters (hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and earthquakes); accidental disasters (sinkings, fires, train wrecks, explosions, and air disasters); and infestations, epidemics, and diseases (the boll weevil, the jake leg, and influenza). Analyzed songs cover some of the most well-known disasters of the time period from the sinking of the Titanic and the 1930 drought to the Hindenburg accident, and more. Thirty previously unreleased African American disaster songs appear in this volume for the first time, revealing their pertinence to the relevant disasters. By comparing the song lyrics to critical moments in history, Monge is able to explore how deeply and directly these catastrophes affected Black communities; how African Americans in general, and blues and gospel singers in particular, faced and reacted to disaster; whether these collective tragedies prompted different reactions among white people and, if so, why; and more broadly, how the role of memory in recounting and commenting on historical and cultural facts shaped African American society from 1879 to 1955.

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Imprint: University Press Of Mississippi
Country of origin: United States
Series: American Made Music Series
Release date: September 2022
Authors: Luigi Monge • David Evans
Dimensions: 235 x 156mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 978-1-4968-4169-8
Categories: Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Other types of music > Sacred & religious music
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Blues
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Blues
Books > Music > Other types of music > Sacred & religious music
Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
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LSN: 1-4968-4169-7
Barcode: 9781496841698

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