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[via wikipedia Contemporary Christian Music; Church Music; Jesus music; Spiritual music; Urban contemporary gospel; Contemporary worship music]

...Music, unlike art or architecture, does not represent physical objects, and unlike poetry is
independent of propositional thought. Hence it can take human emotions into areas that
other artistic works cannot, and offer the prospect of an escape from worldly existence.

...Music is a way of allowing a large number of worshippers to form an effective
communion, by expressing their faith and their offering in public, together. Finally, music
has the evangelical purpose of attracting those whose enthusiasm for religious matters is
not sufficient on its own.

...Thomas Aquinas, in the introduction to his commentary on the Psalms, defined the
Christian hymn thus: "Hymnus est laus Dei cum cantico; canticum autem exultatio mentis de
aeternis habita, prorumpens in vocem." ("A hymn is the praise of God with song; a song is
the exultation of the mind dwelling on eternal things, bursting forth in the voice.")

...Luther and his followers often used their hymns, or chorales, to teach tenets of the faith to
worshipers.



Edwin Hawkins's "Oh Happy Day" and
Andrae Crouch's "Take Me Back"

===first complete albums of "Jesus rock":
Upon This Rock (1969) =by Larry Norman initially released on Capitol Records, and
Mylon - We Believe =by Mylon LeFevre

===Pioneers of this movement also included
2nd Chapter of Acts,
Andraé Crouch and the Disciples,
Evie,
Nancy Honeytree,
The Imperials,
Love Song,
Barry McGuire,
Marsha Stevens, and
Petra

<><> iTunes Store's "Christian & Gospel" genre

Praise Music & church music context

Christian_music | Church_music | Contemporary_Christian_music AND Contemporary_Jewish_religious_music

Contemporary_worship_music [PRAISE MUSIC] and Contemporary_worship

Christian_rock

Christian_music_festival

Spiritual and Gospel varieties of musical expression/impression

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_(music)
 
Jesus_music 
 
Urban_contemporary_gospel  | Progressive_Southern_Gospel
 
Traditional_black_gospel | Gospel_blues

Christian music - performers, publishers, composers

via wikipedia: Gospel_musicians Christian_record_labels hymn writers

links also to http://www.christiansongwriters.org/ AND
ethics for Christian music makers, stevecamps-107-thesis
including [at the link, above, each of the parts has its own hotlink: Part 8 is one example, below]

Intro
Thesis Opening Statement
Part One: To Do All To The Glory Of God
Part Two: The Authority And Sufficiency Of Scripture-the Hymnbook Of Heaven
Part Three: The Character Of Christian Music
Part Four: The Character Of The Christian Musician-Personal Integrity And Holiness
Part Five: Guarding The Trust-Accountability To The Local Church
Part Six: To Not Be Unequally Yoked With An Unbelieving World
Part Seven: To Be Above Repraoch In All Business Activity
Part Eight: Reclaiming Christian Music for Christ

associations for reference & browsing

- Gospel Music Association
- Christian music
- Southern Gospel Music Association
- The Singing News Magazine
- SoGospelNews.com

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The 39th Annual GMA Dove Awards (April 23, 2008, at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, TN)
Former American Idol contestant Mandisa was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Urban contemporary Gospel artist Kirk Franklin released his 10th album, "The Fight of My Life" in the USA (2007)

Sacred Harp (shape-note singing)

via wikipedia:
 
External links

• Fasola Home Page, a web site dedicated to Sacred Harp music
• Sacred Harp Singing, another web site on the Sacred Harp
• Sacred Harp and Related Shape-Note Music Resources, a large and well-annotated collection of resources on shape-note music
• Sacred Harp Publishing Company, songbooks and other resources
• African-American Sacred Harp singing
• The Sacred Harp, article from the New Georgia Encyclopedia
• Florida Memory: Sacred Harp, includes an educational unit on Sacred Harp
• Sacred Harp Music, article on Sacred Harp from the Handbook of Texas online
• Sacred Harp singing in Texas, includes composer sketches, including one of B. F. White
• Shape Note Historical Background
• Stormy Banks and Sweet Rivers: A Sacred Harp Geography

 
Online Media

• Sweet is the Day, streaming documentary on the Wootten family of Sand Mountain, Alabama
• John Quincy Wolf Collection: Sacred Harp includes recordings of Sacred Harp singings
• BostonSing, a large collection of shape-note recordings

 
See also

• Sacred Harp hymnwriters and composers . List of shape-note tunebooks
• Chattahoochee Musical Convention . East Texas Musical Convention . Southwest Texas Sacred Harp Singing Convention

 

Gospel documentary; lots of references & samples

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/06/07/the-story-of-gospel
On Point Radio with Tom Ashbrook
[listener comments on blog, above, as of June 10]

• ...old gospel, ...the Dixie Hummingbirds, the Golden Gate Quartet, and the Swanee Quintet who hail from and are still based in my hometown of Augusta, GA


• music historians would call the music such as "Gabriel's Trumpet", "Deep River" and "Do You Call That Religion", spirituals. It is about the time of Thomas A. Dorsey in the 1930's, that Gospel music is considered to have appeared with it's particular evolution from Jazz and Blues


• Trombone Choirs? I believe it is House of Prayer, several on the eastern seaboard, Savannah, Jacksonville, Orlando. I used to go to Pop Staples Homecoming in Drew, Mississippi, Medgar Edgars' homecoming, and BB Kings homecoming, all the first weekend in June. Any of the authentic blues festivals have wonderful gospel music, especially on Sundays. show more


• retentions praise songs from Africa, the call and response from the middle passe ..to thefield songs , ring shouts, the church in the woods up to 1800


• talk more about Ysaye Barnwell and her great gospel-inspired music! <><><>From Psalm 81: 1 Sing aloud to God our strenth; shout for joy to the God of Jacob! <><><>2 Raise a song, sound the timbrel, the sweet lyre with the harp.<><><>16 I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you. If you don't know the Sweet Honey ladies, you should. Their music is on point for sure: http://www.sweethoney.com/


• the Joyful Voices of Inspiration, James A. Early, director


• every year I go to the New Orleans Jazz Fest and end up spending 90% of my time in the Gospel Tent!!


• Boston's All Star Country Gospel Band "The Sacred Shakers" featuring Eilen Jewell on signature sounds records.


• gospel documentary prior to this one is "Say Amen, Somebody!