MUSIC103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Hallelujah I Love Her So

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Music
• Course: MUSIC103
• Professor: Brain Fauteux

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Rhythm and blues and country: setting the stage for. *gospel, pop-gospel: spirituality + rhythm (r&b, r&r) (cid:862) tra(cid:374)ge thi(cid:374)gs happe(cid:374)i(cid:374)g e(cid:448)er(cid:455)da(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:894)19(cid:1008)(cid:1008)/(cid:1008)(cid:1009)(cid:895) *seattle, 1948: radio hits in northern cities. Since i couldn"t see people dancing, the dance crazes passed me by. I didn"t try to write any jitterbugs or twists. I wrote rhythms which moved me and figured they"d also make other folk move (brackett 87) *why gospel: criticism, (cid:838)taking church songs and making people dance to"em in bars & nightclubs(cid:839) * it must be jesus the southern tones: *vocal expression: gospel influence, *vocals, (cid:862)rasp(cid:455), e(cid:454)u(cid:271)era(cid:374)t to(cid:374)es(cid:863, (cid:862)(cid:449)hoops, (cid:272)ries, (cid:271)e(cid:374)t (cid:374)otes, shouts(cid:863, (cid:862)(cid:272)all-and-respo(cid:374)se patter(cid:374)s(cid:863) (cid:449)ith hor(cid:374)s or (cid:271)a(cid:272)kup, singers (raelettes) *gospel style piano: (cid:862)what i"d ay(cid:863) (cid:894)1959) Improvisation (live set in 1958: move to atlantic records (1954, (cid:862) oul(cid:863) (cid:894)charles the (cid:862)high priest of oul(cid:863)(cid:895, controversy (banned by some stations) (cid:834)what i"d say(cid:835)- 1959.