Melvin L Butler
Biographic Data
| ID | 174910 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melvin L Butler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melvin L |
| FAMILY NAME | Butler |
| SIGNATURE | BUTLER M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Virginia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Water Prayers for Bass ClarinetThe Vodou Horn: Asakivle Meets AusterlitzDr. Merengue
Island Gospel: Pentecostal Music and Identity in Jamaica and the United States
Island Gospel: Pentecostal Music and Identity in Jamaica and the United States
For Jamaican Pentecostal Christians, music is a form of worship that opens pathways to the Spirit and brings about deliverance from sin. It is also a way of drawing and transcending boundaries, as practitioners sing about what they believe and identify where they stand in relation to cultural and religious outsiders. This book explores these ritual functions as they are fulfilled within Jamaican church services and concerts. It highlights the way…
Performing Pannkotis Identity in Haiti
This chapter focuses on transnational networks of Pentecostal practice. It explores the use of “Pannkotis” to identify musical practice among a variety of Haitian churches, including some tied historically to Protestant and Pentecostal organizations in the United States. It also discusses the author’s roles as a Western ethnomusicologist and a Pentecostal believer, reflecting on the power shifts in transnational engagement that shared faith can e…
The Other Side of the Water: The Journey of a Haitian Rara Band in Brooklyn. Directed by Jeremy Robins; co-produced by Jeremy Robins and Magali Damas. In English. 72 minutes. Colour, DVD. Brooklyn, NY…
The Other Side of the Water: The Journey of a Haitian Rara Band in Brooklyn. Directed by Jeremy Robins; co-produced by Jeremy Robins and Magali Damas. In English. 72 minutes. Colour, DVD. Brooklyn, NY: Ibis Productions, 2010. http://www.othersideofthewater.org. - Volume 45
Thoughts on the Intersection of Race and Faith in the Study of Popular Music
Vodou Nation: Haitian Art Music and Cultural Nationalism. By Michael Largey
The material Michael Largey explores in Vodou Nation: Haitian Art Music and Cultural Nationalism is far richer than the book's title might suggest. Interspersing rigorous analyses of historical and musical texts with personal accounts drawn from his fieldwork in Haiti, Largey raises questions that center on the dynamic role of Vodou in promoting politicized visions of Haiti in the Caribbean and the United States. What was the role of Haitian art …
The Holy Profane: Religion in Black Popular MusicSinging in My Soul: Black Gospel Music in a Secular Age"Let the Church Sing!": Music and Worship in a Black Mississippi CommunityLining Out the Word: D…
Book Review| October 01 2007 The Holy Profane: Religion in Black Popular MusicSinging in My Soul: Black Gospel Music in a Secular Age"Let the Church Sing!": Music and Worship in a Black Mississippi CommunityLining Out the Word: Dr. Watts Hymn Singing in the Music of Black Americans The Holy Profane: Religion in Black Popular Music, Teresa L. Reed.Singing in My Soul: Black Gospel Music in a Secular Age, Jerma A. Jackson."Let the Church Sing!": Mus…
"Nou Kwe nan Sentespri" (We Believe in the Holy Spirit): Music, Ecstasy, and Identity in Haitian Pentecostal Worship
Since the 1920s, has witnessed an evangelical movement characterized by the rapid growth of Protestant and Pentecostal churches (Jeanty 1989, 56). Despite persecution by the Catholic Church and a brief closure (1941-43) under President Elie Lescot, Pentecostal churches in continued to flourish in the 1940s and 1950s (Louis 1998, 197-198). When Francois Papa Doc Duvalier came to power in 1957, he began encouraging a greater influx of evangelical m…
"Nou Kwe nan Sentespri" (We Believe in the Holy Spirit): Music, Ecstasy, and Identity in Haitian Pentecostal Worship
Since the 1920s, has witnessed an evangelical movement characterized by the rapid growth of Protestant and Pentecostal churches (Jeanty 1989, 56). Despite persecution by the Catholic Church and a brief closure (1941-43) under President Elie Lescot, Pentecostal churches in continued to flourish in the 1940s and 1950s (Louis 1998, 197-198). When Francois Papa Doc Duvalier came to power in 1957, he began encouraging a greater influx of evangelical m…
Water Prayers for Bass ClarinetThe Vodou Horn: Asakivle Meets AusterlitzDr. Merengue
"Nou Kwe nan Sentespri" (We Believe in the Holy Spirit): Music, Ecstasy, and Identity in Haitian Pentecostal Worship
Since the 1920s, has witnessed an evangelical movement characterized by the rapid growth of Protestant and Pentecostal churches (Jeanty 1989, 56). Despite persecution by the Catholic Church and a brief closure (1941-43) under President Elie Lescot, Pentecostal churches in continued to flourish in the 1940s and 1950s (Louis 1998, 197-198). When Francois Papa Doc Duvalier came to power in 1957, he began encouraging a greater influx of evangelical m…
Thoughts on the Intersection of Race and Faith in the Study of Popular Music
Vodou Nation: Haitian Art Music and Cultural Nationalism. By Michael Largey
The material Michael Largey explores in Vodou Nation: Haitian Art Music and Cultural Nationalism is far richer than the book's title might suggest. Interspersing rigorous analyses of historical and musical texts with personal accounts drawn from his fieldwork in Haiti, Largey raises questions that center on the dynamic role of Vodou in promoting politicized visions of Haiti in the Caribbean and the United States. What was the role of Haitian art …
The Holy Profane: Religion in Black Popular MusicSinging in My Soul: Black Gospel Music in a Secular Age"Let the Church Sing!": Music and Worship in a Black Mississippi CommunityLining Out the Word: D…
Book Review| October 01 2007 The Holy Profane: Religion in Black Popular MusicSinging in My Soul: Black Gospel Music in a Secular Age"Let the Church Sing!": Music and Worship in a Black Mississippi CommunityLining Out the Word: Dr. Watts Hymn Singing in the Music of Black Americans The Holy Profane: Religion in Black Popular Music, Teresa L. Reed.Singing in My Soul: Black Gospel Music in a Secular Age, Jerma A. Jackson."Let the Church Sing!": Mus…
The Other Side of the Water: The Journey of a Haitian Rara Band in Brooklyn. Directed by Jeremy Robins; co-produced by Jeremy Robins and Magali Damas. In English. 72 minutes. Colour, DVD. Brooklyn, NY…
The Other Side of the Water: The Journey of a Haitian Rara Band in Brooklyn. Directed by Jeremy Robins; co-produced by Jeremy Robins and Magali Damas. In English. 72 minutes. Colour, DVD. Brooklyn, NY: Ibis Productions, 2010. http://www.othersideofthewater.org. - Volume 45
Performing Pannkotis Identity in Haiti
This chapter focuses on transnational networks of Pentecostal practice. It explores the use of “Pannkotis” to identify musical practice among a variety of Haitian churches, including some tied historically to Protestant and Pentecostal organizations in the United States. It also discusses the author’s roles as a Western ethnomusicologist and a Pentecostal believer, reflecting on the power shifts in transnational engagement that shared faith can e…
Island Gospel: Pentecostal Music and Identity in Jamaica and the United States
Island Gospel: Pentecostal Music and Identity in Jamaica and the United States
For Jamaican Pentecostal Christians, music is a form of worship that opens pathways to the Spirit and brings about deliverance from sin. It is also a way of drawing and transcending boundaries, as practitioners sing about what they believe and identify where they stand in relation to cultural and religious outsiders. This book explores these ritual functions as they are fulfilled within Jamaican church services and concerts. It highlights the way…
Water Prayers for Bass ClarinetThe Vodou Horn: Asakivle Meets AusterlitzDr. Merengue
Art (8 works) · Theology (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Diverse Musicological Studies (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Music History and Culture (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (3 works) · Church music (3 works)