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  • Choir Boy

    "An exhilarating, multi-layered new play."-The Guardian"Stirring and stylishly told . . . McCraney's crispest and most confident work."-Daily News"Greatly affecting. . . . It takes a brave writer to set his language against the plaintive beauty of the hymns and spirituals . . . but McCraney's speech holds its own, locating poetry even in casual vernacular and again demonstrating his gift for ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Worship Old and New

    A reexamination of the actual practice of worship that goes beyond the merely academic to provide a practical perspective through the eyes of the worship leader and the congregation.The most effective approach to worship is one that blends historical and traditional practices with contemporary elements. Worship Old and New is a scholarly, up-to-date, and thought-provoking resource for anyone ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Isn't Her Grace Amazing!

    The Women Who Changed Gospel Music

    by Cheryl Wills ...
    A unique tribute to often overlooked women who have left an indelible mark on Gospel Music—powerful talents who overcame racism and sexism to define the genre, establish its sound, and set the standard for good sangin’ for generations.Nothing in the world soothes the soul better than Gospel music. From the foot-stomping, hand-clapping melodies of yesterday to the head-bobbing, bass-thumping hits ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Church Boy

    Franklin, Kirk

    by Kirk Franklin ...
    When he fell from a darkened stage in November 1996, Kirk Franklin could easily have been killed. That ten-foot plunge might have ended the career of one of America's most exciting young prodigies. But thanks to his dramatic recovery, the fall added not only a new dimension to his story but it brought Kirk Franklin to the attention of millions who otherwise might never have heard the name.Today ... Read more

    $8.49 USD

  • I'll Take You There

    Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March up Freedom's Highway

    by Greg Kot ...
    “A biography that will send readers back to the music of Mavis and the Staple Singers with deepened appreciation and a renewed spirit of discovery” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)—from the acclaimed music journalist and author featured prominently in the new HBO documentary Mavis!This is the untold story of living legend Mavis Staples—lead singer of the Staple Singers and a major figure in the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Soul Survivor

    A Biography of Al Green

    The bestselling author of Shakey: Neil Young's Biography presents the first in-depth biography of the legendary soul singer Al Green.Al Green has blessed listeners with some of the biggest hits of the past fifty years. "Love and Happiness," "I'm Still in Love with You," "Let's Get Married," and "I'm Tired of Being Alone" are but a sampling of the iconic songs that led a generation to embrace love ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Gospel Music: An African American Art Form

    This book is designed for the general reader of gospel music, as well as those who incorporate gospel into their lesson plans on the academic level. “Gospel Music: An African American Art Form” provides music information on the heritage of gospel from its African roots, Negro spirituals, traditional and contemporary gospel music trends. The mission and purpose of this book is to provide a ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Rise of Gospel Blues

    The Music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the Urban Church

    Most observers believe that gospel music has been sung in African-American churches since their organization in the late 1800s. Yet nothing could be further from the truth, as Michael W. Harris's history of gospel blues reveals. Tracing the rise of gospel blues as seen through the career of its founding figure, Thomas Andrew Dorsey, Harris tells the story of the most prominent person in the advent ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Nothing but Love in God’s Water

    Volume 2: Black Sacred Music from Sit-Ins to Resurrection City

    by Robert Darden ...
    Volume 1 of Nothing but Love in God’s Water traced the music of protest spirituals from the Civil War to the American labor movement of the 1930s and 1940s, and on through the Montgomery bus boycott. This second volume continues the journey, chronicling the role this music played in energizing and sustaining those most heavily involved in the civil rights movement.Robert Darden, former gospel ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Miracle Baby

    Sheet music. Uplifting pop song about the miracle of childbirth. Suitable for a female singer over, say, 30; preferably a mother herself. It'd maybe sound nice sung by a gospel choir? This song is free to perform for fundraising for your school, church or not-for-profit community choir. You need to contact me if you have commercial aspirations. ... Read more

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  • The Glory Road

    A Gospel Gypsy Life

    Stories and songs from a childhood spent in a vanished world of revivals and road showsAnita Faye Garner grew up in the South—just about every corner of it. She and her musical family lived in Texarkana, Bossier City, Hot Springs, Jackson, Vicksburg, Hattiesburg, Pascagoula, Bogalusa, Biloxi, Gulfport, New Orleans, and points between, picking up sticks every time her father, a Pentecostal preacher ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Singing in My Soul

    Black Gospel Music in a Secular Age

    Black gospel music grew from obscure nineteenth-century beginnings to become the leading style of sacred music in black American communities after World War II. Jerma A. Jackson traces the music's unique history, profiling the careers of several singers--particularly Sister Rosetta Tharpe--and demonstrating the important role women played in popularizing gospel.Female gospel singers initially ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • When Sunday Comes

    Gospel Music in the Soul and Hip-Hop Eras

    Series series Music in American Life
    Gospel music evolved in often surprising directions during the post-Civil Rights era. Claudrena N. Harold's in-depth look at late-century gospel focuses on musicians like Yolanda Adams, Andraé Crouch, the Clark Sisters, Al Green, Take 6, and the Winans, and on the network of black record shops, churches, and businesses that nurtured the music. Harold details the creative shifts, sonic innovations, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Make a Joyful Noise

    My 25 Years in Gospel Music

    Dr. Bobby Jones, a leading figure in the gospel music industry, offers a revealing look at his career and friendships with other celebrities.Jones is the host and executive producer of the world's number one gospel television program with a viewership exceeding five million. He shares with readers his own personal journey from an impoverished childhood where his love of education and Christian ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Chromatic Harmonica Songbook - 48 Folk and Gospel Songs

    + Sounds Online

    Songbook with 48 Folk and Gospel Songs from all over the world - notated for the chromatic Harmonica.The tones of the melodies were prepared with simple symbols, the rhythm of the tones is given by the lyrics and / or the classical music notation.The sounds of the songs (melody with accompanying band as well as accompanying band alone - "Playalong") are available online in a sound pl... ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • So You Want to Sing Gospel

    A Guide for Performers

    Series series So You Want to Sing
    There are few works in existence that teach gospel singing and even fewer that focus on what gospel soloists need to know. In So You Want to Sing Gospel, Trineice Robinson-Martin offers the first resource to help individual gospel singers at all levels make the most of their primary instrument—their voice.Robinson-Martin gathers together key information on gospel music history, vocal pedagogy, ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Mahalia Jackson and the Black Gospel Field

    by Mark Burford ...
    Nearly a half century after her death in 1972, Mahalia Jackson remains the most esteemed figure in black gospel music history. Born in the backstreets of New Orleans in 1911, Jackson during the Great Depression joined the Great Migration to Chicago, where she became an highly regarded church singer and, by the mid-fifties, a coveted recording artist for Apollo and Columbia Records, lauded as the ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Mahalia Jackson Reader

    Edited by Mark Burford ...
    Series series Readers on American Musicians Series
    Born in New Orleans before migrating to Chicago, Mahalia Jackson (1911-72) is undoubtedly the most widely known black gospel singer, having achieved fame among African American communities in the 1940s then finding a wide audience among non-black U.S. and international audiences after she signed with major label Columbia Records in 1954. The newest entry in OUP's celebrated Readers on American ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • Musica Na Igreja Cristã

    by Jonatan Vale ...
    Descubra a rica história da música na igreja cristã com Música na Igreja Cristã , escrito pelo músico, regente e professor Jonatan Vale. Com linguagem clara e acessível, este livro é uma leitura essencial para músicos, estudiosos da música e todos os interessados na importância da música para a fé e a adoração. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • How To Make Gospel Music Work For You

    A guide for Gospel Music Makers and Marketers

    by Roy N Francis ...
    How to make Gospel Music work for you is an informative and authoritative guide to gospel music in Britain today. In this engaging and readable book, Roy shows how the music, which began in the West Indian Churches started by the Windrush Generation in the 1950s and 60s, rose to become the gospel music we know and love in Britain today.Drawing on his many years’ experience of working in gospel ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Peace Be Still

    How James Cleveland and the Angelic Choir Created a Gospel Classic

    Series series Music in American Life
    A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2022In September of 1963, Reverend Lawrence Roberts and the Angelic Choir of the First Baptist Church of Nutley, New Jersey, teamed with rising gospel star James Cleveland to record Peace Be Still. The LP and its haunting title track became a phenomenon. Robert M. Marovich draws on extensive oral interviews and archival research to chart the history of Peace ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Music In The Christian Church

    Discover the rich history of music in the Christian church with Music in the Christian Church, written by musician, conductor, and professor Jonatan Vale. With clear and accessible language, this book is an essential read for musicians, music scholars, and anyone interested in the significance of music for faith and worship. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A Change Is Gonna Come

    Music, Race & the Soul of America

    by Craig Werner ...
    ". . . extraordinarily far-reaching. . . . highly accessible."—Notes"No one has written this way about music in a long, long time. Lucid, insightful, with real spiritual, political, intellectual, and emotional grasp of the whole picture. A book about why music matters, and how, and to whom."—Dave Marsh, author of Louie, Louie and Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story"This book is urgently ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Christian Book of Mystical Verse

    by A. W. Tozer ...
    The purpose of this book is to bring together in one convenient volume some of the best devotional verse the English language affords, and thus to make available to present day Christians a rich spiritual heritage which the greater number of them for various reasons do not now enjoy.I have not hesitated to apply the term “mystical” to the material I have collected here, though I readily admit that ... Read more

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