...Stephen H. Martin © Copyright 1988 JBSM /Jon Michael Spencer 1988 African Church Music: The Genesis of an Acculturative Style Stephen H. Martin* One area in which Western influences have been deeply felt in African culture has been in the development of music in the Christian Church...

... really wants to do. Supposing someone has an inclination to write in the traditional style. Should he let someone else talk him out of it? By all means, no. Nor should he allow himself to be persuaded to drop the socalled "ultra-modern" style, if he honestly feels inclined toward that. I stress the word...

... robe, appears on "I'm Going To Die with the Staff in My Hand." And if you want to see a quartette with more than four members, see the five lovely brownskins of the Golden Harps Quartette pictured on the cover of "Jesus Steps Right in Just When I Need Him Most!' There seems to be several styles...

... col­ ored players in his band, but nearly always has employed some col­ ored arranger. There were Fletcher Henderson and his brother Horace. Fletcher is said to have founded the modern swing style for big-name bands. Sometimes, though, Fletcher was credited with things Horace did. One was a particular...

... style" began about a half century before the Emancipation Proclamation. In taking the words of popular hymnwriters like Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley and singing them with their own melodic and rhythmic style, often to their own African tunes, black usage of meter music was clearly distinguishable from...

... the agenda for the academic discipline of music history: to trace the development of musical style.1 Adler's focus on musical style, the examination of music according to the elements of melody, rhythm, harmony, texture, timbre, and form, was a direct expression of an objective, critical, scientific method...

... that have been used by song and poem vendors for ages: (1) They are made by transforming genuine Negro songs into more modern, catchy rhythms borrowed from jazz dance idioms and dance styles of the past. 12) The texts of old hymns are colored with the feeling of Negro blues and given new settings often...

... that the musicality, unique expressivity, sexuality, and ideology of rap have historical, social, political, and cultural continuity-and legitimacy. The vocal style has its beginnings in African orature. It first resurfaced in North America as "pattin' juba," a patting and rapping "good-time" enjoyed 3. Tipper Gore...

...," and the nondance rap record "King Heroin."2 George goes on to say that Brown carried himself with "an arrogant, superconfident demeanor" that was not far removed from the streetcomer style of far more radical black spokespersons of the sixties. He continues: It wasn't enough for him to be an artist anymore; he saw...

...; masses of sound al­ ways confuse the ear. If one employs a contrapuntal style it is best for the sake of clarity that he limit the number of counterpoints. The rather simple combi­ nation of a melody with one striking counter-theme against an ap­ propriate background will often be more pleasing than...

... and Dett cover a period spanning nearly a century. The Still and Dett collected writings are complementary volumes, yet their writing styles differ in a way quite telling of their content. Dett had a style that Still himself recognized as scholarly. "At the time that Dr. Dett appeared on the American scene...

.... A further reason for changes in worship style at this avant garde church lies in the marked tum from the exclusive singing of testimonial songs to the singing of hymns of worship and praise. To fully appreciate the intricacy of this modification and the leadership role West Angeles is assuming...

... in) these events, the variation in ways of speaking at different points in the ritual was a start in the search for clues [the link between Afro-Baptist ritual and traditional African ritual] ." With respect to this linkage, Pitts argues that the variation in speech, song, and musical styles define two distinct...

... Anthems "Hymn to the Trinity" (in F) is one of a series of hymn-like motets in contrapuntal style of which the one in C is perhaps the best known. The influence of the folk song is felt not only in the melody with its absolute freedom from accidentals, but also in the rather long strophic succession...

... and style. 1 While white performers were fairly adept at appropriating the outward style of rhythm and blues, they were inept at fathoming the "germinal idea" and capturing its inward soul. It is in this way that Elvis Presley failed to develop the essential feature of his appeal- the germinability...

... their Christian music from the ecclesial hegemony and repression of former decades. Even casual observance of Christian worship and testimony reveals rumba beats in Zaire, highlife style in Ghana, and kon kolo rhythms from Nigeria that infuse African hymns. They coexist with Euromission hymns and English anthems...

... and styles. The Afro-American spiritual-blues impulse-of polyphonic, rhythmic effects and antiphonal vocal techniques, of kinetic orality and affective physicality- serve as major sources for popular music in the West. This complex phenomenon, the Afro-Americanization of popular music, prevails owing...

...Donna McNeil Cox © Copyright 1987 JBSM /Jon Michael Spencer 1987 You Can Count On Me Kenneth and Theresa Ford Donna McNeil Cox You Can Count On Me1 , the debut album for up-and-coming husband and wife team Kenneth and Theresa Ford, offers a mix of styles ranging from traditional gospel...

... of distinction hardly accorded the music of any other country. This appears to be especially true of Russian church music. In the two anthems by Tschaikowski, both the homophonic and the polyphonic style are used with effect. In the "Ave Maria," the quiet imitation of the part begins at once; while in "0 Praise...

...! The big Injun chiefs came out to meet 'em in style So Columbus and Lonnie stuck around for awhile. When they split back to Spain-al' Lonnie still at the helm, Well Old Queen Isabella made them Knights of the Realm! Well, rap on, Brother! They had a shipload of gold. Rap right on, Brother! It was a sight...