Saved by Song

A History of Gospel and Christian Music

By: Don Cusic

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Paperback | 1 October 2012

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Saved by Song returns to print with its sweeping overview of the history of gospel music. Powerful and incisive, the book traces contemporary Christianity and Christian music to the sixteenth century and the Protestant Reformation after examining music in the Bible and early church.

In America, gospel music has been divided between white and black gospel. Within these divisions are further divisions: southern gospel, contemporary Christian music, spirituals, and hymns. Don Cusic has provided background and insight into the developments of all these rich facets of gospel music. From the psalms of the early Puritans through the hymns of Isaac Watts and the social activism of the Wesleys, to the camp meeting songs of the Kentucky Revival, the spirituals that came from the slave culture, and the hymns from the great revival after the Civil War, gospel music advanced through the nineteenth century. The twentieth century brought the technologies of recordings and the electronic media to gospel music.

Saved by Song is ultimately the definitive and complete history of a uniquely American art form. It is a must for anyone interested in the musical and spiritual life of a nation.

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Preface	p. vii

Music in the Bible	p. 1
The Sixteenth Century: Roots of Contemporary Christianity	p. 7
John Calvin and the Institutes	p. 17
A Mighty Fortress: Martin Luther as Songwriter	p. 23
First Seeds: Gospel Music in America	p. 33
Isaac Watts	p. 43
The Wesleys	p. 53
The Secular Influence	p. 65
Give Me That Old Time Religion	p. 77
Black Gospel and the Fisk Jubilee Singers	p. 91
The Great Revival	p. 103
The Pentecostal and Holiness Movements	p. 119
Billy Sunday and Homer Rodeheaver	p. 125

The Rise of Radio and Records	p. 135
The Roots of Black Gospel	p. 143
The Beginnings of Southern Gospel	p. 153
Black Gospel During the 1930s	p. 163
Southern Gospel Music During the Depression	p. 171

Gospel in the Mainstream After World War II: George Bevery Shea and Billy Graham	p. 177
Southern Gospel After World War II	p. 187
Black Gospel After World War II	p. 205
The 1950s and Elvis Presley	p. 217
Black Gospel and Civil Rights: Fanny Lou Hamer	p. 229
The 1960s: Peace, Love, and Music	p. 237
Gospel Music in the 1960s	p. 243
Southern Gospel in the 1960s and 1970s	p. 251
The Catholics	p. 269

Contemporary Christian Music: The Early Years	p. 279
Contemporary Christian Music: Part Two	p. 293
Black Gospel and James Cleveland	p. 301
Televangelists and Jimmy Swaggart	p. 307
Contemporary Christian Music & The Reagan Revolution	p. 327
CCM Comes Age to Age	p. 337
Contempoary Christian Music & 1984	p. 345
The Christian Culture in 1985	p. 353
Marketing the Movement: The Recording Labels	p. 365
Christian and Gospel Music in the 1990s	p. 377
Conclusion	p. 387
Notes	p. 397
Dove Awards	p. 407
Gospel Grammy Awards	p. 443
Bibliography	p. 455
Index	p. 476
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