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Anthony Heilbut (born November 22, 1940) is an American writer, and record producer of gospel music. He is noted for his biography of Thomas Mann, and has also won a Grammy Award.

Anthony Heilbut (born November 22, 1940) is an American writer, and record producer of gospel music. Anthony Heilbut, the son of German Jewish refugees Bertha and Otto Heilbut, was born in New York. He has a doctorate in English from Harvard University. from Harvard University when he was 25. For the next ten years he taught, first at New York University and then at Hunter College

The Gospel Sound book.

The Gospel Sound book.

Anthony Heilbut’s impressive knowledge - and his stunning ability to relay it in an appealing manner - makes The Fan Who .

Anthony Heilbut’s impressive knowledge - and his stunning ability to relay it in an appealing manner - makes The Fan Who Knew Too Much a delight. A Grammy-Award winning record producer and cultural historian, Heilbut (The Gospel Sound) readily acknowledges his consummate fandom, and admits that ‘an old fan knows a few things - that his fandom has been a major portion of his self, a source of as much pleasure as his love or his work.

Anthony Heilbut is an expert on the subject of gospel music, one of the most important musical forces in American history. His book is written from the perspective of a scholar, but one with a real passion for the music. There are passages in his book that almost as thrilling as the music itself.

Good News and Bad Times). This book relays the complete history of gospel music, paying special attention to the relationship between gospel and other African American musical forms in America such as jazz and R&B. It discusses specific gospel music singers as well as the world of the gospel church itself. Includes black-and-white photos.

James Baldwin said, It's a very beautiful book, with love and precision, no pity - a little like a gospel song. I didn't know that anybody knew that much about it, or cared that much, or could be so tough and lucid. Counter-Punch magazine selected it as one of its top 100 books of the 20th century. Exiled in Paradise: German Refugee Artists and Intellectuals in America from the 1930s.

Anthony Heilbut, is an American writer, and record producer of gospel music It was a finalist for

Anthony Heilbut, is an American writer, and record producer of gospel music  . the son of German Jewish refugees, Bertha and Otto Heilbut, was born in New York. It was a finalist for

Anthony Heilbut’s parents embodied the lesson of Nazi Germany: Every Jew, no matter how wealthy or well-connected .

Anthony Heilbut’s parents embodied the lesson of Nazi Germany: Every Jew, no matter how wealthy or well-connected, was vulnerable. Otto Heilbut, the grandson of the chief rabbi of the British Empire, helped run his extended family’s elite department store, N. Israel. And while Loomis was unable to get internal support for Heilbut’s prospective book about gospel music, he sent the would-be author on to Michael Korda at Simon & Schuster, who made the deal.

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Anthony Heilbut is an American writer, and record producer of gospel music James.

Anthony Heilbut is an American writer, and record producer of gospel music. He is noted for his biography of Thomas Mann, and has also won a Grammy Award James Baldwin said, It's a very beautiful book, with love and precision, no pity - a little like a gospel song.