The Golden Age of GospelPresents the history of gospel music in the United States. This book traces the development of gospel from its earliest beginnings through the Golden Age (1945-55) and into the 1960s when gospel entered the concert hall. It introduces dozens of the genre's gifted contributors, from Thomas A Dorsey and Mahalia Jackson to the Soul Stirrers. |
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How sweet the sound: the golden age of Gospel
Umsögn notanda - Not Available - Book VerdictReports from as early as the 1750s describe slaves singing sacred songs in a style featuring a leader singing a line followed by the same line sung by the congregation. The rhythm of their native ... Read full review
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17551945 | 5 |
Early Sacred Singing | 6 |
The Azusa Street Revival and the Birth of Pentecostalism | 12 |
Pentecostal Ministers and Singers | 18 |
Pentecostal Music Outside the Pentecostal Church | 26 |
The Jefferson County School | 29 |
The Jubilee Quartet Movement Spreads | 34 |
Church Singing Accompanied by Piano Guitar and Other Instruments | 36 |
Gospel Spreads across the Nation | 169 |
The Gospel Choir | 181 |
The Gospel Band | 184 |
195565 | 187 |
Gospel and the Traditions of African American Folk Music | 193 |
The New and Newly Revised Gospel Quartets | 195 |
The California School of Gospel | 205 |
PianoAccompanied Groups | 212 |
Gospel Pearls | 41 |
Gospel Music on the Eve of the Golden Age | 46 |
194555 | 49 |
Radio and Recordings | 51 |
Gospel on the Highways and Byways | 54 |
Gospel in Chicago | 57 |
Gospel in Philadelphia | 103 |
Gospel in Detroit | 123 |
Gospel in St Louis | 134 |
Gospel in Tennessee | 138 |
Gospel in New York | 152 |
Other Singers | 240 |
Family Groups | 241 |
The Second Gospel Triumvirate | 247 |
Gospel on Broadway | 250 |
Gospel Abroad | 253 |
Deserters and Joiners | 254 |
I LOOKED DOWN THE LINE AND I WONDERED 1965 AND BEYOND | 257 |
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| Titill | The Golden Age of Gospel Music in American life |
| Höfundur | Horace Clarence Boyer |
| Ljósmyndir eftir | Lloyd Yearwood |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, revised |
| Útgefandi | University of Illinois Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0252068777, 9780252068775 |
| Length | 272 síður |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |