The Sound of Light

by Cusin, Don; Cusic, Don

• ISBN13: 9780879724986
• ISBN10: 0879724986
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-10-01
• Publisher: Popular Pr of Bowling Green State

Summary

Don Cusic presents gospel music as part of the history of contemporary Christianity. From the psalms of the early Puritans through the hymns of Isaac Watts and the social activism of the Wesleys, gospel music was established in eighteenth-century America. With the camp meetings songs of the Kentucky Revival and the spirituals and hymns that stemmed from the Civil War and beyond, gospel music grew through the nineteenth century and expanded through new technologies in the twentieth century.

Author Biography

Don Cusic is Professor of Music Business at Belmont University as well as a writer and songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of many books on music and popular culture including Cowboys and the Wild West and Willie Nelson: Lyrics 1957–1994.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. i
Music in the Bible	p. 3
Early Music in the Church	p. 7
The Sixteenth Century: Roots of Contemporary Christianity	p. 10
A Mighty Fortress: Martin Luther as Songwriter	p. 15
First Seeds: Gospel Music in America	p. 19
Isaac Watts	p. 26
The Wesleys	p. 32
The Secular Influence	p. 40
Give Me That Old Time Religion	p. 47
The Great Revival	p. 56
Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver	p. 69
The Rise of Radio and Records	p. 77
Black Gospel	p. 84
Southern Gospel	p. 93
The Speers and the Blackwoods	p. 100
	p. 109
Spirit in the Sky: Gospel Music on Pop Radio	p. 110
Elvis and Gospel	p. 116
Mahalia Jackson and Sam Cooke	p. 121
The Jesus Revolution	p. 126
The Catholics in America	p. 130
The Major Labels: Word and Benson	p. 134
Bill Gaither	p. 139
Fanny Lou Hamer and James Cleveland	p. 143
Cathedrals, Florida Boys and Kingsmen	p. 149
Sparrow Records and Keith Green	p. 158
Music in the Church: George Beverly Shea and Sandi Patti	p. 164
Jimmy Swaggart	p. 170
Country and Gospel: Johnny Cash and Barbara Mandrell	p. 177
Amy Grant	p. 184
The Rock That Doesn't Roll: Imperials, Petra and Michael W. Smith	p. 191
The Music Missionaries	p. 200
The Christian Culture	p. 213
Rewards and Awards: Marketing the Movement	p. 222
Conclusion	p. 226
Notes	p. 229
Bibliography	p. 235
Index	p. 247
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