Costen’s In spirit and in truth: the music of African American worship basically explains how African Traditional Religions are the anchor for music in African American Liturgy. Costen starts her book by explicitly describing the ways of life of the African people. Africans live segregated within their respective clans or tribes‚ and each tribe has its own religious values and traditions. Although there is diversity within and between African communities‚ Africans remain united in terms of both their
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Gospel music has been around for a hundred of years. Gospel music is highly emotional evangelical vocal music that originated among African American Christians in the southern United States and was a strong influence in the development of soul music. (Gospel Music) Gospel music quite evolved from the songs slaves sang on plantations notably work songs‚ and from the Protestant hymns they sang in church. However in the 19th century‚ spiritual hymns transfer into gospel music‚ which started the golden
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“Music is Good for the Soul”‚ that is what one is able to express when imagining the melodic words or sounds arranged to create what Merriam-Webster (n.d)‚ defines as a structured beauty‚ harmony‚ and a means to express an emotion. Such emotion can be found in blues and gospel music. Identified in early times‚ blues and gospel music has been considered the anchor of many genres of music and the hope of African American’s during their times of oppression. Blues‚ established in the secular world of
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set to spirituals and blues music. Revelations is divided into three sections "Pilgrims of Sorrow"‚ "Take Me to the Water" and "Move Members‚ Move". As an example‚ The opening section of Revelations. Ailey described this section as "songs that yearn for deliverance‚ that speak of trouble and of this world’s trials and tribulations." The mood is reflected in unique gestures with heads bowed down and forward and heavy bodies reaching powerfully upward. The sombre music and the lighting effects (by
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Gospel Music in Different Ways Being that the church is the cornerstone for gospel music‚ the songs adopted into hymnals sung by both choir and congregations passes form generation. The change in gospel music has effected today’s youth that have shown interest in the up beat sounds of gospel music. In reality these are the same hymnals and spirituals that were sung during slavery. The basics to gospel music have not changed at all. In the nineteenth century the first spirituals were recorded; this
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a joyful gospel song? You may think the two musical expressions have nothing in common‚ but if you listen closely and study their histories‚ you will find some surprising similarities. When you first hear gospel music and the blues‚ you can’t help noticing how different they are in mood and in the stories they tell. Blues songs are sad‚ full of heartbreak and disappointment. They talk about everyday problems like losing a job or a girlfriend‚ like having no money or no friends. Gospel songs‚ on
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Gospel music had a influence on rock and roll unlike anything I have known or heard thus far. In the church‚ we use praise and worship to give thanks to the Lord. There is a clear difference between praising and worshipping. In the spirit of worship‚ we taking the sound from deep down in the diaphragm‚ while using compression breathing‚ the sound is released but with power and depth. In worship‚ you would normally hear a lot of chest voice and mix voice at times. When it’s time for praising the Lord
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genres of music that have been identified. Through a little research‚ you can often times see that most of the current genres of music were rooted in older genres such as jazz. This essay in particular will discuss hip hop which has roots stemming from jazz‚ blues‚ and also gospel music. In Understanding Black American Aspects in Hip Hop Cinema by Tani Sanchez‚ we see an excerpt where music scholar Craig Werner establishes a three step process in which hip hop music is associated with the gospel. These
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Lindisfarne Gospels include the St. Matthew cross-carpet page‚ St. Luke portrait page‚ and the St. Luke incipit page. It was created in early medieval‚ or Hiberno Saxon‚ Europe‚ around 700 C.E. The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated manuscript‚ created using ink‚ pigments‚ and gold on vellum. The work is known for its decorative patterning and its abstracted zoomorphic representations. “Carpet pages” depict decorative panels of abstract and zoomorphic motifs. The Lindisfarne Gospels exemplify traditional
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THE GOSPEL OF LUKE I. Background Issues Introduction This report will be focused on the Gospel of Luke‚ however Luke authored both the Gospel bearing his name and the Book of Acts‚ which is said to be the sequel to the Gospel. Through his authorship of both books Luke’s contribution to the New Testament equals out to 27 percent of it.1 Both books were written for and sponsored by a man named “Theophilus” (Luke 1:3). Luke‚ a physician and an educated man‚ used his knowledge to write
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