Gospel music

== Further reading ==
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* Allen, Ray. ''Singing in the Spirit: African-American Sacred Quartets in New York City'', in series, ''Publication[s] of the American Folklore Society: New Series''. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991. xx,[2], 268 p., ill. with b&w photos. {{ISBN|0-8122-1331-9}} pbk.
* Barlow, Sanna Morrison. ''Mountain Singing: the Story of Gospel Recordings in the Philippines''. Hong Kong: Alliance Press, 1952. 352 p.
* Blackwell, Lois. ''The Wings of a Dove: The Story of Gospel Music in America.'' Norfolk: Donning, 1978.{{ISBN?}}
* Boyer, Horace Clarence. ''How Sweet the Sound: The Golden Age of Gospel''. Elliott and Clark, 1995. {{ISBN|0-252-06877-7}}.
* [[Viv Broughton|Broughton, Viv]]. ''Too Close to Heaven: The Illustrated History of Gospel Music''. Midnight Books, 1996. {{ISBN|1-900516-00-4}}.
* Albert E Brumley & Sons. ''The Best of Albert E. Brumley''. Gospel Songs, 1966, paperback Amazing Grace {{ISBN?}}
* Cleall, Charles. ''Sixty Songs From Sankey''. London: Marshall, Morgan and Scott, 1960.
* {{cite book|last=Collins|first=Irma H.|year=2013|title=Dictionary of Music Education|location=Maryland|publisher=Scarecrow Press|ref=none}}
* Cusic, Don. ''The Sound of Light: a History of Gospel Music''. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1990. iv, 267 p.&nbsp;{{isbn|0879724986}} pbk.
* Darden, Robert. ''People Get Ready: A New History of Black Gospel Music''. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2005, {{ISBN|0-8264-1752-3}}.
* Downey, James C. ''The Gospel Hymn 1875–1930''. University of Southern Mississippi, MA,{{clarify|date=March 2021|reason=MA? Thesis?}} 1963.
* Eskew, Harry. "Gospel Music, I" in ''[[The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians]]'' (1980), VII, 549–554.
* Hanson, Kenneth, ''The Hymnody and Hymnals of the Restoration Movement''. Butler University, BD,{{clarify|date=March 2021|reason=BD? Bachelor of Divinity?}} 1951.
* [[Anthony Heilbut|Heilbut, Tony]], ''The Gospel Sound: Good News and Bad Times'', Limelight Editions, 1997, {{ISBN|0-87910-034-6}}.
* McNeil, W. K., ed. ''Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music.'' Routledge, 2005. {{ISBN|0-415-94179-2}}.
* Marovich, Robert M., ''A City Called Heaven: Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music.'' Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2015. {{ISBN|978-0252080692}}.
* Mungons, Kevin and Douglas Yeo, ''Homer Rodeheaver and the Rise of the Gospel Music Industry.'' Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2021. {{ISBN|978-0252085833}}.
* Stevenson, Arthur L. ''The Story of Southern Hymnology.'' Roanoke, Virginia: Stone Printing and Manufacturing, 1931.
* [[Jerry Zolten|Zolten, Jerry]]. ''Great God A' Mighty!: The Dixie Hummingbirds – Celebrating The Rise of Soul Gospel Music.'' Oxford University Press, 2003. {{ISBN|0-19-515272-7}}.

===Archival sources===
* [http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p15799coll9 USC Gospel Music History Archive]
* [https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_9033142 Finding aid to Camille Taylor collection of Black Music Caucus Gospel Choir Competition recordings at Columbia University. Rare Book & Manuscript Library.]
* [https://digitalcommons.colum.edu/cmbr_guides/20/ Guide to the Gospel Sheet Music Collection], Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College Chicago