Originally published in 1867, this book is a collection of songs of African-American slaves. A few of the songs were written after the emancipation, but all were inspired by slavery.

Presents the history of gospel music in the United States. This book traces the development of gospel from its earliest beginnings through the Golden Age (1945-55) and into the 1960s when gospel entered the concert hall.

This book tells the story of their meteoric rise, their years of unstoppable success, and their demise from payola, competition, a tough economy, and the inevitability of changing popular tastes.

The 1903 sixteenth, substantially revised edition of the Victorian music scholar Prout's classic text on harmony, first published in 1889.

This new edition, featuring four new and updated chapters, will reintroduce Werner's seminal study of black music to a new generation of readers.

The Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music is the first comprehensive reference to cover this important American musical form.

The Bohemian mining town of Joachimsthal--where pastors, musicians, and laity forged an enduring and influential union of Lutheranism, music, and culture--is at the center of the story.

Now, Jerry Zolten tells the Hummingbirds' fascinating story and with it the story of a changing music industry and a changing nation.

In Great God A'Mighty! The Dixie Hummingbirds, author Jerry Zolten portrays one of the most influential gospel groups of the 20th century, from 1920s South Carolina to 1940s New York, through the Civil Rights era and beyond.

It was "Slave Songs of the United States" that brought black folk music to widespread public attention, whetting the interest in collecting, studying, and performing black folk music that has not abated since 1867.