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Gospel music is composed and performed for many purposes, including aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, and as an entertainment product for the marketplace. Gospel music is characterized by dominant vocals and strong use of harmony with Christian lyrics. Gospel music can be traced to the early 17th century. [1]
This list contains some of the best-selling songs in terms of sheet music sales in music publishing history with reportedly copies of over 3 million. Figures on sheet music —as with record sales— reported by publishing firms were not always reliable. [1] In the United States, before "Oh!
The Board of Music Trade of the United States, a trade cartel, is formed by the twenty-five biggest music publishing companies in the country, [50] instituting price controls on sheet music for European classical music, which will remain in place until 1885. [51] The Board will also fight music teachers, who sell sheet music to their students. [52]
The colonial history of the United States began in 1607 with the colonization of Jamestown, Virginia. Music of all genres and origins emerged as the United States began to form. From the Indigenous spiritual music to the African banjos, music in the United States is as diverse as its people.
Thomas Andrew Dorsey (July 1, 1899 – January 23, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and Christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music. He penned 3,000 songs, a third of them gospel, including "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" and "Peace in the Valley". Recordings of these sold millions of ...
Library and Archives Canada: Sheet Music From Canada's Past: Canadian, popular music: 20,000 Patriotic and parlour songs, piano pieces, sacred music, and novelty numbers published from before 1900 to 1920. Includes Canadian imprints and music by Canadians or about Canada published anywhere in the world. Library and Archives Canada
The Sound of Light: A History of Gospel Music. Popular Press. ISBN 0-87972-498-6. Darden, Robert (1996). People Get Ready: A New History of Black Gospel Music. New York: Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 0-8264-1752-3. Davis, Francis (2003). The History of the Blues: The Roots, The Music, The People. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-81296-7.
The Sound of Light: A History of Gospel Music. Popular Press. ISBN 0-87972-498-6. Darden, Robert (1996). People Get Ready: A New History of Black Gospel Music. New York: Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 0-8264-1752-3. Elson, Louis Charles (1915). The History of American Music. Macmillan & Co. ISBN 0-559-44270-X.