The Sound of Light: A History of Gospel MusicPopular Press, 1990 - 267 pàgines 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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The Sound of Light: A History of Gospel and Christian Music Don Cusic Previsualització limitada - 2002 |
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