Happy in the service of the Lord : African-American sacred vocal harmony quartets in Memphis /
Kip Lornell.
- 2nd ed.
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1995.
- xx, 250 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-244) and index.
Prelude: an American in Paris -- One hundred years of singing in harmony -- We are the spirit of Memphis -- I've got on my traveling shoes -- A family of singers -- The forces that shape spiritual quartet singing -- On records and over the airwaves -- Finale: blessed are the dead.
0870498770 (pbk. : alk. paper)
94018735 /MN
Gospel music--History and criticism.--Tennessee--Memphis