Can't Stand Still
Taylor Gordon and the Harlem Renaissance
Born in 1893 into the only African American family in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, Emmanuel Taylor Gordon (1893-1971) became an internationally famous singer in the 1920s at the height of the Harlem Renaissance. With his musical partner, J. Rosamond Johnson, Gordon was a crucially important figure in popularizing African American spirituals as an art form, giving many listeners their first experience of black spirituals.Despite his fame, Taylor Gordon has been all but forgotten, until now. Michael K. Johnson illuminates Gordon's personal history and his cultural importance to the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance, arguing that during the he…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4968-2196-6
- EAN: 9781496821966
- Produktnummer: 29348457
- Verlag: University Press Of Mississippi
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 284 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.6 cm 462 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 462
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