The Golden Age of Gospel

• Author(s): Horace Clarence Boyer,
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Pages: 272
• ISBN_10: 0252068777
  ISBN_13: 9780252068775
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Music / General , Music / Religious / Gospel , Music / History & Criticism , Music / Genres & Styles / Soul & R 'n B , Music / Instruction & Study / Voice ,

Description:... 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.