The Sound of Light: A History of Gospel MusicBowling Green State University Popular Press, 1990 - 267 páginas Don Cusic presents gospel music as part of the history of contemporary Christianity. From the psalms of the early Puritans through the hymns of Isaac Watts and the social activism of the Wesleys, gospel music was established in eighteenth-century America. With the camp meetings songs of the Kentucky Revival and the spirituals and hymns that stemmed from the Civil War and beyond, gospel music grew through the nineteenth century and expanded through new technologies in the twentieth century. |
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... songs in the New Testament ; still , it is obvious that singing and songs were considered an important part of the religious life of the Christian . It was a way to communicate with God as well as share a sense of togetherness among ...
... songs in the New Testament ; still , it is obvious that singing and songs were considered an important part of the religious life of the Christian . It was a way to communicate with God as well as share a sense of togetherness among ...
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... songs . The slaves made a number of conscious attempts to reproduce the songs they heard but often sang these songs in a different manner , affecting rhythms which were different from the original and , because of an insufficient ...
... songs . The slaves made a number of conscious attempts to reproduce the songs they heard but often sang these songs in a different manner , affecting rhythms which were different from the original and , because of an insufficient ...
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... song . The spiritual jubilee tradition and the jubilee singers ' tradition come from the songs developed amongst the black population at the beginning of the nineteenth century . While these songs were established before the Civil War ...
... song . The spiritual jubilee tradition and the jubilee singers ' tradition come from the songs developed amongst the black population at the beginning of the nineteenth century . While these songs were established before the Civil War ...
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