For Cantemus: More info about Gospel Music! More about Precious Lord including T A Dorsey talking about it.

Here's follow-up to the gospel info passed on in today's Cantemus section  Wed Jan 17

Here's a good article about the genre, for starters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music

My arrangement of PLTMH is more "Southern" gospel style - I touched on this in Cantemus today - here's musicological information!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_gospel

Here's a paragraph from the Southern gospel music article:

Several secular artists have expressed their love for and influence of the genre by recording southern gospel albums or performing gospel songs in concert. Among them are Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Dailey & Vincent, Charlie Daniels, Bob Dylan, Larry Gatlin, Roscoe Holcomb, Alan Jackson, Kentucky Thunder, Jerry Lee Lewis, Loretta Lynn, The Louvin Brothers, Reba Mcentire, Willie Nelson, The Oak Ridge Boys, Brad Paisley, Dolly Parton, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Leann Rimes, Ricky Skaggs, The Statler Brothers, Marty Stuart, Randy Travis, Carrie Underwood, and Hank Williams.

There's enough info above to keep you very, very busy at YouTube!!! Try taking one gospel song and listening to different renditions. "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" - for example...!

Mahalia Jackson - "Precious Lord" - long-meter style

Aretha Jackson - very long meter version.

EVERYBODY YOU MUST LISTEN TO THIS CLIP!!!! - it is Thomas A. Dorsey speaking about his song, "Precious Lord Take my Hand."