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Wasn't That a Mighty Day
African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster
Taschenbuch von Luigi Monge
Sprache: Englisch

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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.
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.
Über den Autor
Luigi Monge is a freelance teacher and translator living in Genoa, Italy. In his native Italian, he has written Robert Johnson: I Got the Blues and Howlin' Wolf: I'm the Wolf. In English, he has published articles in Black Music Research, Journal of Texas Music History, and Popular Music.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Musikgeschichte
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 520
ISBN-13: 9781496841766
ISBN-10: 149684176X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Monge, Luigi
Hersteller: University Press of Mississippi
Maße: 234 x 156 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Luigi Monge
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.08.2022
Gewicht: 0,876 kg
preigu-id: 123709174
Über den Autor
Luigi Monge is a freelance teacher and translator living in Genoa, Italy. In his native Italian, he has written Robert Johnson: I Got the Blues and Howlin' Wolf: I'm the Wolf. In English, he has published articles in Black Music Research, Journal of Texas Music History, and Popular Music.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Musikgeschichte
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 520
ISBN-13: 9781496841766
ISBN-10: 149684176X
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Monge, Luigi
Hersteller: University Press of Mississippi
Maße: 234 x 156 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Luigi Monge
Erscheinungsdatum: 09.08.2022
Gewicht: 0,876 kg
preigu-id: 123709174
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