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The golden age of gospel

Presents 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.
Print Book, English, 2000
University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 2000
272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780252068775, 0252068777
1100309817
Reprint. Originally published: How sweet the sound. Washington, DC : Elliott & Clark, 1995