Healing for the Soul - Richard Smallwood, the Vamp, and the Gospel Imagination - Bog af Braxton D. (Assistant Professor Shelley - Hardback
Between the first and last words of a black gospel song, musical sound acquires spiritual power. During this unfolding, a variety of techniques facilitate musical and physical transformation. The most important of these is a repetitive musical cycle known by names including the run, the drive, the special, and the vamp. Through its combination of reiteration and intensification, the vamp turns song lyrics into something more potent. While many musical traditions usevamps to fill space, or occupy..
Healing for the Soul - Richard Smallwood, the Vamp, and the Gospel Imagination - Braxton D. (Assistant Professor Shelley
Between the first and last words of a black gospel song, musical sound acquires spiritual power. During this unfolding, a variety of techniques facilitate musical and physical transformation. The most important of these is a repetitive musical cycle known by names including the run, the drive, the special, and the vamp. Through its combination of reiteration and intensification, the vamp turns song lyrics into something more potent. While many musical traditions usevamps to fill space, or occupy..