An International Conference was organized in 1991 at the UNIVERSITY of LIEGE (Belgium) and the book collecting the essays (ALL in English) is now ready and available:

"SAINTS & SINNERS - RELIGION,BLUES & (D)EVIL IN AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC AND LITERATURE "

ed. ROBERT SACRE
Liege, Society of Musicology (University of Li�ge)
350 pages; ill.; index.

Contents:

I. PREACHING THE GOSPELS OR THE BLUES?

Robert SACRE (Univ. Li�ge)
"A General Introduction: The Saints and the Sinners under the Swing of the Cross"

Jon Michael SPENCER (Univ.of Richmond, VA):
"Blues & Evil: Theomusicology and Afrocentricity"

II. EMERGENCE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN VOCAL MUSIC

Robert LEWIS (Univ. of Birmingham, U.K.):
"The Emergence of the Slave Spiritual in the S.Carolina-Georgia Low Country 1830-1870".

Joyce Marie JACKSON ( Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA):
"The Cultural Evolution of the African American Sacred Quartet"

Marilyn THOMPSON (Hampton Univ., VA):
"The Prevailing Spirit of African American Solo Vocal Music"

III. PRODIGAL SONS AND GOSPEL BLUES

Christopher "Kip" LORNELL ( Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.):
"Barrelhouse Singers & Sanctified Preachers"

Guido Van RIJN ( University of Leyden, Holland):
"Denomination Blues-Texas Gospel with Novelty Accompaniment by Washington Phillips"
Mark HUMPHREY (freelance writer- California):
"Prodigal Sons: Son HOUSE and Robert WILKINS".

IV. RECURRENT THEMES

Paul OLIVER (Univ. of Exeter, U.K.)
"A Dead Cat on the Line"

Chris SMITH (free lance writer, Shetlands, U.K.)
"The Titanic-A Case Study of Religious and Secular Attitudes in African American Song".

V. SACRED AND SECULAR MUSIC IN LITERATURE

Steve TRACY (Univ. of Massachusetts at Amherst):
The Use of Sacred and Secular Music in Rudolph Fisher's 'The Promised Land'

Peter ANTHONISSEN (free lance writer, Antwerpen, B.):
"Echoes of the Relation 'Sacred vs. Secular Music' in the work of James BALDWIN".

Stephan RICHTER (Amerika Institut, Univ. of M�nchen, D.):
"Jazz as Religion in some works by Frank L. Brown and Theolonius MONK".

VI. RELIGION AND MEDIA

Sebastian DANCHIN (Radio France, free lance writer):
"Spiritual and Gospel Music and the Rise of an Afro-American Identity in US Radio".

VII. CONCORDANCES AND OCCURENCES

Andre J.M. PREVOS (Univ. of Pennsylvania):
"Religious Words in Blues Lyrics and Titles - A Study"

Robert SPRINGER (Univ. of Metz, France):
" God's Music vs. the Devil's Music. What the Blues Lyrics Say".

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Price: Belgian francs 1.200 (European Community)
BF 1.300 ( rest of Europe)
BF 1.400 ( world) (about $ 42.50)
POSTAGE AND HANDLING INCLUDED
Eurocheque or I.M.O. in Belgian francs or credit card: name of card owner , card number, date of expiration signature

INFORMATIONS / ORDERS /
... exclusively from:
Professor Philippe VENDRIX
Societe Li�geoise de Musicologie / Universite de Liege
3 Place Cockerill
B-4000 LIEGE BELGIUM
e.mail pvendrix@ulg.ac.be

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