[78-L] Rhythmic "sprituals" of the early 1930s

[Cary Ginell]

No. Once again, I'm speaking of Tin Pan Alley songs using this generic camp meeting flavor. I'm not addressing any specific denominations because I don't know anything about them. I just know a gospel-tinged arrangement and melody when I hear one. The Golden Gate Quartet did these with actual spirituals later in the '30s, but listen to songs like "Oh, Monah," with the call-and-response, the joyous feeling, and the handclapping on the off-beat, and you'll get a sense of this. These are NOT traditional spirituals. They are POP songs that are using the STYLE of a jubilee, which is only one kind of spiritual. I thought that we've given enough examples to get this point across.

 

Cary Ginell
 
> From: gdkimball at cox.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:21:56 -0400
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Rhythmic "sprituals" of the early 1930s
> 
> I'm a bit confused what is meant here by "revival songs." The gospel songs 
> of the late nineteenth century/early twentieth century pioneered by Moody 
> and Sankey? The music of the emerging Holiness-Pentacostal movement? Songs 
> popularized in the twenties by the leading Southern quartets, and spread 
> through shape-note hymnals? All that and more might qualify.
> 
> Gregg Kimball
> 
> 
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> 
> > Chatauqua was really very popular until the end of the 20s, at which point 
> > it was pulled apart by internal political/theological strife, not 
> > discontinued due to lack of demand or response from the public. Audiences 
> > of the day clearly appreciated wholesome, positive entertainment and the 
> > popularity of this stuff in the secular world more likely reflects the 
> > public taste for it rather than economic conditions. It becomes less 
> > common in the mainstream as we advance further into the Swing era, though 
> > by that time regular sacred entertainers were getting more access to the 
> > radio, and Gospel recording activity experiences an uptick right around 
> > 1937.
> >
> >
> >
> > That's mainly just a very generalized view, so you are all welcome to pick 
> > it apart.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Uncle Dave Lewis uncledavelewis at hotmail.com
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> >
> >
> > Message: 18
> > Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:51:49 -0700
> > From: Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com>
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Rhythmic "sprituals" of the early 1930s
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> > No, I'm speaking of Tin Pan Alley compositions done in the style of 
> > revival songs. "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" and Andy Razaf's "On Revival 
> > Day" are perfect examples.
> >
> >
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