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The Great Awakening: Birth of the Negro Spiritual
The Great Awakening: Birth of the Negro Spiritual There had never been anything like it. Here’s a meeting of 3,000 people out in a field,

White Methodist vs. AME
The Methodist Denomination Methodism was founded by a minister named John Wesley in the eighteenth century in England. He along with other people would meet

Ring Shout: Let’s Get To Shoutin’
The Ring Shout The ring shout is a form of dance that is characterized by leader-chorus singing, hand clapping, other percussion. Participants typically move in

The Legend of Kora
THE LEGEND OF KORA: African String Instrument The Kora is known as one of the most complex string instruments. The instrument originates back in Africa

Rhiannon Giddens’: Step Into Folk Music
The story Behind Rhiannon Giddens Rhiannon Giddens was born on February 21,1977 in Greensboro North Carolina, a south that was facing major racial transformations at

History of The Negro Spiritual: The Fisk Jubilee Singers
Fisk Jubilee Singers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUvBGZnL9rE The Fisk Jubilee Singers are students and singers at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, who sing and travel all over the

Marian Anderson: The Voice of the Arranged Spiritual
Marian Anderson: The Voice of the Arranged Spiritual Who is she? Marian Anderson was born on February 27, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her family was

Spirituals vs Hymns
Spirtuals vs Hymns Spirituals were the religious music of the African enslaves from the beginning of the 18th centenary until the Emancipation Proclamation in 1865.

The Shouts Heard By Many: Ring Shout!
Ring Shout! Background Ring Shout is a form of dance and song that was performed by enslaved African people in the southern United States, Caribbean
Jubilee Quartets Post

The Mills Brothers: A Quartet Group
The Mills Brothers: A Quartet Group The Mills Brothers The Mills Brothers were a quartet group of four brothers who broke racial barriers and paved

Jubilee Quartet: The New Minstrel Shows
History behind Minstrel Shows Minstrel shows became a popular form of entertainment created by whites, for whites. Minstrel shows incorporated dances, songs, dialogue and performance

The beginning of Gospel Music: Gospel Period
Introduction What is Jubilee Quartet? It is an artistic form with unique history and expression that has originated in the 1920’s. It was an outgrowth

How Jubilee Quartets Transitioned With Black America
What Sparked the Transition? The Great Migration took place between 1910-1920, in which Blacks from rural areas of the South migrated to the North in
Jubilee Quartets
Jubilee Quartet Jubilee quartets made their way onto the musical scene in the early 20th centuries. It started out as a way for black colleges

Another Genre Stolen: Barbershop Community Quartets
Another Genre Stolen: Barbershop Community Quartets What do the Southern Stars, the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, and the Mills Brothers have in common? All three

G.O.L.D. : The Golden Gate Quartet
Thesis: The Golden Gate Quartet is responsible for their lasting influence on the genres of gospel, blues, and jazz music. Quartets were derived from arranged

The Soul Stirrers- Gospel Music Revamped
You’ve heard of the Golden Gate Quartet, right? These are the faces that everyone connects to Jubilee Quartets, but this isn’t the only group that

Let the Spirit Move You: The Gospel Period of Jubilee Quartets
Let the Spirit Move You: The Gospel Period of Jubilee Quartets By the mid-1800s, society had gotten used to the slow and solemn Negro Spirituals,
Blues

The Mills Brothers: A Quartet Group
The Mills Brothers: A Quartet Group The Mills Brothers The Mills Brothers were a quartet group of four brothers who broke racial barriers and paved

Jubilee Quartet: The New Minstrel Shows
History behind Minstrel Shows Minstrel shows became a popular form of entertainment created by whites, for whites. Minstrel shows incorporated dances, songs, dialogue and performance

The beginning of Gospel Music: Gospel Period
Introduction What is Jubilee Quartet? It is an artistic form with unique history and expression that has originated in the 1920’s. It was an outgrowth

How Jubilee Quartets Transitioned With Black America
What Sparked the Transition? The Great Migration took place between 1910-1920, in which Blacks from rural areas of the South migrated to the North in
Jubilee Quartets
Jubilee Quartet Jubilee quartets made their way onto the musical scene in the early 20th centuries. It started out as a way for black colleges

Another Genre Stolen: Barbershop Community Quartets
Another Genre Stolen: Barbershop Community Quartets What do the Southern Stars, the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, and the Mills Brothers have in common? All three

G.O.L.D. : The Golden Gate Quartet
Thesis: The Golden Gate Quartet is responsible for their lasting influence on the genres of gospel, blues, and jazz music. Quartets were derived from arranged

The Soul Stirrers- Gospel Music Revamped
You’ve heard of the Golden Gate Quartet, right? These are the faces that everyone connects to Jubilee Quartets, but this isn’t the only group that

Let the Spirit Move You: The Gospel Period of Jubilee Quartets
Let the Spirit Move You: The Gospel Period of Jubilee Quartets By the mid-1800s, society had gotten used to the slow and solemn Negro Spirituals,
Blues

The Mills Brothers: A Quartet Group
The Mills Brothers: A Quartet Group The Mills Brothers The Mills Brothers were a quartet group of four brothers who broke racial barriers and paved

Jubilee Quartet: The New Minstrel Shows
History behind Minstrel Shows Minstrel shows became a popular form of entertainment created by whites, for whites. Minstrel shows incorporated dances, songs, dialogue and performance

The beginning of Gospel Music: Gospel Period
Introduction What is Jubilee Quartet? It is an artistic form with unique history and expression that has originated in the 1920’s. It was an outgrowth

How Jubilee Quartets Transitioned With Black America
What Sparked the Transition? The Great Migration took place between 1910-1920, in which Blacks from rural areas of the South migrated to the North in
Jubilee Quartets
Jubilee Quartet Jubilee quartets made their way onto the musical scene in the early 20th centuries. It started out as a way for black colleges

Another Genre Stolen: Barbershop Community Quartets
Another Genre Stolen: Barbershop Community Quartets What do the Southern Stars, the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, and the Mills Brothers have in common? All three

G.O.L.D. : The Golden Gate Quartet
Thesis: The Golden Gate Quartet is responsible for their lasting influence on the genres of gospel, blues, and jazz music. Quartets were derived from arranged

The Soul Stirrers- Gospel Music Revamped
You’ve heard of the Golden Gate Quartet, right? These are the faces that everyone connects to Jubilee Quartets, but this isn’t the only group that

Let the Spirit Move You: The Gospel Period of Jubilee Quartets
Let the Spirit Move You: The Gospel Period of Jubilee Quartets By the mid-1800s, society had gotten used to the slow and solemn Negro Spirituals,