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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... took little effort to learn because there were no song books . The revival songs were in the hands of the people as the real exhortational activity — praying , mourning and other physical exercises - was by and for the crowd . The ...
... took little effort to learn because there were no song books . The revival songs were in the hands of the people as the real exhortational activity — praying , mourning and other physical exercises - was by and for the crowd . The ...
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... took root and flourished . As director of the gospel choir at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago , Dorsey helped a number of singers and had a forum for writing and experimenting with new songs he composed . These songs ushered in a new ...
... took root and flourished . As director of the gospel choir at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago , Dorsey helped a number of singers and had a forum for writing and experimenting with new songs he composed . These songs ushered in a new ...
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... took jobs working in defense plants . In the evenings , they continued to sing at nearby churches and schools and were active in the War Bond Drives . R.W. Blackwood was the first to be drafted and left in June , 1944. Doyle's health ...
... took jobs working in defense plants . In the evenings , they continued to sing at nearby churches and schools and were active in the War Bond Drives . R.W. Blackwood was the first to be drafted and left in June , 1944. Doyle's health ...
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