| A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music Contributor(s): Marovich, Robert M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252080696 ISBN-13: 9780252080692 Publisher: University of Illinois Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: March 2015 Click for more in this series: Music in American Life (Paperback) |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Religious - Gospel - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Instruction & Study - Voice |
| Dewey: 782.254 |
| LCCN: 2015931904 |
| Series: Music in American Life (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9" L (1.70 lbs) 488 pages |
| Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product |
| Review Citations: Library Journal 04/01/2015 pg. 95 Choice 09/01/2015 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In A City Called Heaven, Robert M. Marovich follows gospel music from early hymns and camp meetings through its growth into the sanctified soundtrack of the city's mainline black Protestant churches. Marovich mines print media, ephemera, and hours of interviews with artists, ministers, and historians--as well as relatives and friends of gospel pioneers--to recover forgotten singers, musicians, songwriters, and industry leaders. He also examines the entrepreneurial spirit that fueled gospel music's rise to popularity and granted social mobility to a number of its practitioners. As Marovich shows, the music expressed a yearning for freedom from earthly pains, racial prejudice, and life's hardships. Yet it also helped give voice to a people--and lift a nation. A City Called Heaven celebrates a sound too mighty and too joyous for even church walls to hold. |
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