King's Vibrato: Modernism, Blackness, and the Sonic Life of Martin Luther King Jr.

by Maurice O. Wallace

Book Overview

In King's Vibrato Maurice O. Wallace explores the sonic character of Martin Luther King Jr.'s voice and its power to move the world. Providing a cultural history and critical theory of the black modernist soundscapes that helped inform King's vocal timbre, Wallace shows how the qualities of King's voice depended on a mix of ecclesial architecture and acoustics, musical instrumentation and sound technology, audience and song. He examines the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478018402
• ISBN13: 9781478018407
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"