05202cam a2200733Ii 4500 ocn905544011 OCoLC 20200709060339.0 m d cr cnu|||unuuu 150324s2015 ilu o 000 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T N$T CDX TEFOD P@U JSTOR E7B YDXCP COO OCLCF CLV OCLCO TEFOD EBLCP VLB 9780252097089 electronic bk. 0252097084 electronic bk. 9780252039102 0252039106 (print) 9780252039102 (print) (OCoLC)905544011 08ACC204-0FAB-44F0-8D54-90FADDBAA1F5 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt13mxc29 JSTOR n-us-il ML3187 .M37 2015eb MUS 042000 bisacsh MUS 052000 bisacsh MUS 037110 bisacsh MUS018000 bisacsh MUS020000 bisacsh 782.25/4 23 MAIN Marovich, Robert M., author. A city called heaven : Chicago and the birth of gospel music / Robert M. Marovich. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015] 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Music in American Life Vendor-supplied metadata. Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Roots -- Got on my traveling shoes : black sacred music and the great migration -- "When the fire fell" : the sanctified church contribution to Chicago gospel music -- Sacred music in transition : Charles Henry Pace and the Pace Jubilee Singers -- Turn your radio on : Chicago sacred radio broadcast pioneers -- "Someday, somewhere" : the formation of the gospel nexus -- Sweeping through the city : Thomas A. Dorsey and the gospel nexus (1932-1933) -- Across this land and country : new songs for a new era (1933-1939) -- From Birmingham to Chicago : the great migration of the gospel quartet -- Branches -- Sing a gospel song : the 1940s, part one -- "If it's in music -- we have it" : the fertile crescent of gospel music publishing -- "Move on up a little higher" : the 1940s, part two -- Postwar gospel quartets : "rock stars of religious music" -- The gospel caravan : midcentury melodies -- "He could just put a song on his fingers" : second-generation gospel choirs -- "God's got a television" : gospel music comes to the living room -- "tell it like it is" : songs of social significance -- One of these mornings : Chicago gospel at the crossroads -- Appendix A. 1920s African American sacred music recordings made in Chicago -- Appendix B. African American sacred music recordings made in Chicago, 1930-1941. In A City Called Heaven, gospel announcer and music historian Robert Marovich shines a light on the humble origins of a majestic genre and its indispensable bond to the city where it found its voice: Chicago. Marovich follows gospel music from early hymns and camp meetings through the Great Migration that brought it to Chicago. In time, the music grew into the sanctified soundtrack of the city's mainline black Protestant churches. In addition to drawing on print media and ephemera, Marovich mines hours of interviews with nearly fifty artists, ministers, and historians--as well as discussions with relatives and friends of past gospel pioneers--to recover many forgotten singers, musicians, songwriters, and industry leaders. He also examines how a lack of economic opportunity bred an entrepreneurial spirit that fueled gospel music's rise to popularity and opened a gate to social mobility for a number of its practitioners. As Marovich shows, gospel music expressed a yearning for freedom from earthly pains, racial prejudice, and life's hardships. In the end, it proved to be a sound too mighty and too joyous for even church walls to hold. Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-399) and indexes. Gospel music Illinois Chicago History. MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Voice bisacsh MUSIC / Lyrics bisacsh MUSIC / Printed Music / Vocal bisacsh MUSIC / Religious / Gospel bisacsh Gospel music. fast (OCoLC)fst00945026 Illinois Chicago. fast (OCoLC)fst01204048 Chicago (Ill.) History 20th century. Electronic books. Electronic books. Electronic books. local History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Print version: 9780252039102 Music in American life. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=969856 EBSCOhost EBSC 969856 Coutts Information Services COUT 31231122 Project MUSE MUSE muse45955 ebrary EBRY ebr11035874 YBP Library Services YANK 12352175 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL3414442 92 N$T 56160 56160