Changing with the Times: Gospel Music Throughout History
Introduction Gospel Music has been around since 1920s and continues to be a popular genre until today. Since the start of this genre, it is shown that even though it has a very focused on spreading the message of God, there is still an influence that comes form the popular genres of the time. Through […]
Gospel Through the Span of 100 years
Gospel Through the Span of 100 years 1920’s This is “Glory! Glory! Hallelujah” by Mother McCollum. In the 1920’s ragtime was extremely popular and you can hear the influence of ragtime in many gospel songs at this time. You also hear elements of folk and blues music, especially in this song because of the banjo […]
THE FATHER OF GOSPEL MUSIC: THOMAS. A DORSEY’S CONTRIBUTION TO GOSPEL MUSIC
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