How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel

by Horace Clarence Boyer and Annabeth Albert

Book Overview

There is no artistic outpouring more likely to stir the soul and shake the rafters than the African American sacred folk music called gospel. How Sweet the Sound takes us from Los Angeles, where the first notes of the undeniably new sound burst forth in 1906, to the Deep South, where ecstatic worshippers in the Pentecostal churches forged the gospel tradition. Then from Chicago, with the mass northern migration of African Americans in the 1930s, gospel...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1880216191
• ISBN13: 9781880216194
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Black Belt Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

A marvelous piece of work

Mr. Boyer captures the essence of gospel music with this wonderfully written document. No other book which focuses on gospel music, which I'm aware of, seems to blend the cultural, spiritual, and historical significance of this genre. Of special note, is the way the gospel sound is heard in various geographic locations in this country. By highlighting Chicago, Philly, and Los Angeles, to name a few, really brings home the spread and influence of the music. Bravo Mr. Boyer, I'm awaiting your next book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!