“Precious Lord”: Black Mother-Loss and the Roots of Modern Gospel
Thomas Dorsey’s 1932 gospel song <i>Take My Hand, Precious Lord</i> is one of modern gospel music’s most canonical works. Although its composition by Dorsey in the wake of his wife’s sudden death in childbirth is a widely known oral history, the cultural imp...
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MDPI AG
2019-04-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/10/4/285 |