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Gospel music may refer either to the religious music that first came out of African-American churches in the 1930s or, more loosely, to both black gospel music and to the religious music composed and sung by white southern Christian artists. While the separation between the two styles was never absolute — both drew from the Methodist hymnal and artists in one tradition sometimes sang songs belonging to the other — the sharp division between black and white America, particularly black and white churches, kept the two apart. While those divisions have lessened slightly in the past fifty years, the two traditions are still distinct. In both traditions, some performers, such as Mahalia Jackson have limited themselves to appearing in religious contexts only, while others, such as the Golden Gate Quartet and Clara Ward, have performed gospel music in secular settings, even night clubs. Many performers, such as the Jordanaires, Al Green, and Solomon Burke have performed both secular and religious music. It is common for such performers to include gospel songs in otherwise secular performances, although the opposite almost never happens. Although predominantly an American phenomenon, gospel music has spread throughout the world including to Australia with choirs such as The Elementals and Jonah & The Whalers and festivals such as the Australian Gospel Music Festival. Norway is home to the popular Oslo Gospel Choir and most importantly The Ansgar Gospel Choir. Contents 1 Black gospel 2 White gospel 3 See also 4 External links 5 Further reading Black gospel See Black gospel White gospel White gospel Stylistic origins: Sacred Harp music, shape note singing, hymns Cultural origins: Late 19th century white evangelical Americans Typical instruments: Originally, sparse or none Mainstream popularity: Popularized through secular artists such as Elvis Presley and evangelists such as Billy Graham and Jimmy Swaggart Subgenres Bluegrass gospel Fusion genres CCM Other topics Gospel Music Association - Christian music Often called country gospel to distinguish it from black gospel, white gospel music has followed a different trajectory during the past eighty years. Some of its roots are found in the publishing work and "normal schools" of Aldine S. Kieffer and Ephraim Ruebush. It was promoted by traveling singing school teachers, southern gospel quartets, and shape note music publishing companies such as the A. J. Showalter Company (1879), the James D. Vaughan Publishing Company and the Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company. Southern gospel also drew much of its creative energy from the Holiness churches that arose throughout the south in the first decades of the twentieth century and that created new music, in addition to the traditional hymns of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, to accompany their new forms of worship. Some early country gospel artists, such as The Carter Family, achieved wide popularity through their recordings and radio performances in the 1920s and 1930s. Others, such as Homer Rodeheaver, George Beverly Shea or Cliff Barrows, became well-known through their association with traveling evangelists such as Billy Sunday or Billy Graham. The city of Hartford, Arkansas, was for a time known as an oasis of Gospel publishing, being home to the Hartford Music Company, which employed the talents of Albert E. Brumley (composer of "I'll Fly Away") and E.M. Bartlett (composer of "Victory in Jesus"). Among the best known southern gospel performers are The Statesmen Quartet, The Blackwood Brothers, the Jordanaires, J.D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet, the Oak Ridge Boys, The Happy Goodman Family, and The Cathedrals. As in the case of black gospel, the churchgoing audience for white gospel music has not always forgiven its stars, such as the Oak Ridge Boys, who have crossed over to pop music. Other traditional groups, such as The Imperials, helped lead the development of Contemporary Christian Music. In recent years, Southern Gospel Music has experienced a resurgence of popularity due to the success of Bill and Gloria Gaither's "Homecoming" series of videos, featuring many of the legends of SGM performing together with many currently popular groups, such as The Gaither Vocal Band, The Hoppers, and Ernie Haase & Signature Sound. The Gospel Music Association is a major group of gospel artists who maintain a hall of fame covering all aspects of gospel music. The Southern Gospel Music Association (SGMA) focuses on Southern Gospel specifically and has a physical Hall of Fame and Museum located in the Dollywood theme park at Pigeon Forge, TN. See also List of gospel musicians External links Gospel Legend: Yolanda Adams/Myspace.com Fan page Free Gospel MIDI Songs Gospel Song Lyrics - Printer-friendly Gospel Lyrics The Gospel Musician's Resource The Official Gospel Music Encyclopedia Torontogospel.ca - Free Gospel Music - Listen Now! Gospel Music blog Gospel Music Association web site Gospel Music Channel web site Gospel Songs Lyrics God's Gospel Listen 2 Gospel Music Online ChristianBlues.net - Gospel Blues Christian Songwriter's Network PRAYZEHYMN Online Music Home Page James D. Vaughan Publishing and School of Music Handbook of Texas Online: Gospel Music Lyrics to Christian Songs and Christian Hymns Gaelic-gospel link is ‘academic racism’ Lyrics to Gospel Songs Black Gospel song lyrics - Christian Gospel Rock Music black gospel music Gospel Rap & Hip Hop Gospel music radio stations Albert Brumley, Sr., Gospel Songs Gospel Today GOSPELflava News of the Gospel Music Industry The Struggling Church Musician Gaither Homecoming website Southern Gospel News AGQC Convention and Quartet Preservation Black Gospel Lyrics Ministry Further reading Boyer, Horace Clarence,How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel Elliott and Clark, 1995, ISBN 0-252-06877-7. Heilbut, Tony, The Gospel Sound: Good News and Bad Times Limelight Editions, 1997, ISBN 0-87910-034-6. Albert E Brumley & Sons, The Best of Albert E Brumley, Gospel Songs, 1966, ISBN na-paperback American roots music Appalachian/old-time | Blues (Ragtime) | Cajun music | Country (Honky tonk and Bluegrass) | Jazz (Dixieland) | Native American | Spirituals and Gospel | Swamp pop | Tejano | Zydeco Search Term: "Gospel_music" Category: Gospel music

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