VPMA93H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: New Bethel Baptist Church (Detroit, Michigan), Clementa C. Pinckney, African-American Music
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Vpma93 lecture 6 music and meaning may 18,2016. Pester of the church was one of the victims of the mass shooting and was known by obama. Discussions were going on racial motivation of this incident. Obama"s this response was different then the statements given by white house in following days. In order to understand we have to understand spiritual music and blues in america. Zing in the amazing is coming from the third degree (blue note) being lowered. American tradition, singing on spiritual level in the church. It is different then talking about race relations. He has grown up listening to this song and he feels it, the meaning is not being faked and it creates sense of solidarity which was different then the statements coming from while house. Popular music from 1910-1919 https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=myojdd3gpe4 look at the beginning of 20 th century and it was happening in terms of music consumption of mass at that time.
