Musical Style: Early Gospel

397 volumes

Works that include the style of gospel music prevalent circa 1850–1870, when gospel was associated primarily with Sunday school music. While drawing stylistically on contemporaneous middlebrow secular song, gospel music of this era often uses traditional hymn meters and does not necessarily include…

First page of Primitive Baptist Hymn and Tune Book

Primitive Baptist Hymn and Tune Book (1902)

John R. Daily | E. W. Thomas

First page of Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private, and Public Worship, in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private, and … (1859)

Cumberland Presbyterian Church General Assembly

First page of Psalms and Hymns, and Spiritual Songs

Psalms and Hymns, and Spiritual Songs (1882)

Charles S. Robinson

First page of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs (1895)

J. Henry Showalter | Geo. B. Holsinger

First page of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs (1893)

J. Henry Showalter | Geo. B. Holsinger

First page of Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs Complete

Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs Complete (1899)

J. Henry Showalter | T. B. Mosley

First page of Pure Delight!

Pure Delight! (1883)

Geo. F. Root | C. C. Case

First page of Pure Diamonds

Pure Diamonds (1872)

James R. Murray

First page of Pure Songs

Pure Songs (1890)

Atticus G. Haygood | R. M. McIntosh

First page of Recitations Song and Story

Recitations Song and Story (1900)

Stephen V. R. Ford

First page of Redeemer's Praise

Redeemer's Praise (1881)

T. C. O'Kane

First page of Redemption's Way in Song

Redemption's Way in Song (1911)

Flavil Hall | S. H. Hall | F. L. Rowe

First page of Resurrected Songs

Resurrected Songs (1904)

J. B. Vaughan

First page of Revival Power

Revival Power (1918)

Woodie W. Smith | Joe W. English

First page of Revival Praise

Revival Praise (1918)

A. J. Showalter | J. D. Patton | T. B. Mosley | H. M. Eagle | B. B. Beall | K. C. Robinson | J. R. Baxter | Jr. | J. P. Denton | W. T. Taylor

First page of Revival Selections

Revival Selections (1919)

Charlie D. Tillman

First page of Revive Us

Revive Us (1922)

J. A. Brown

First page of Royal Praise for the Sunday School

Royal Praise for the Sunday School (1888)

J. R. Murray

First page of Sabbath School no. 2

Sabbath School no. 2 (1860)

Horace Waters

First page of Sacred and Secular Selections

Sacred and Secular Selections (1900)

Peter Philip Bilhorn

First page of Sacred Chimes

Sacred Chimes (1900)

John C. F. Kyger | A. Bunyan Little

First page of Sacred Melodies, Revised

Sacred Melodies, Revised (1889)

E. C. Avis

First page of Sacred Songking

Sacred Songking (1902)

H. N. Lincoln

First page of Salvation Songs

Salvation Songs (1895)

Chas. H. Gabriel

First page of Salvation Songs

Salvation Songs (1921)

E. T. Hildebrand | W. H. Ruebush | W. E. Burnett | J. H. Ruebush

First page of Salvation's River

Salvation's River (1905)

A. J. Showalter | John H. Benner

First page of Scelta Songs

Scelta Songs (1925)

Alfred E. Helton | E. T. Hickman | H. O. Young | John H. Holt | Rometta Moon | H. F. Sayles | C. A. Gardner | W. N. Cook | Henry G. Sherbert | James W. Poole | W. T. Smith | Florence M. Goodnight | W. M. Camp | Minnis R. Hayes | Henry A. Moon | W. T. Queen | E. B. Mcclurd | P. A. Helton | Hammer Atchley | Elmer A. Phillips | Joseph S. Young | W. Chester Dollar | Jeff. C. Mclain | Z. T. Greene | Viola E. Young | B. E. Jackson | J. D. Eller

First page of Selected Sabbath-School Hymns and Songs, Sacred and Secular

Selected Sabbath-School Hymns and Songs, Sacred a… (1860)

Isaac Russell

First page of Selections for Social and Public Praise

Selections for Social and Public Praise (1883)

First page of Selections from Cheerful Songs

Selections from Cheerful Songs (1897)

E. T. Rinehart

First page of Selections from the Book of Psalms

Selections from the Book of Psalms (1894)

David McKinney

First page of Select revival songs

Select revival songs (1897)

E. B. Farrar

First page of Service in Song

Service in Song (1891)

Arthur Colyar Biddle

First page of Shaker Anthems and Hymns

Shaker Anthems and Hymns (1883)

First page of Sharon's Dewy Rose

Sharon's Dewy Rose (1880)

Aldine S. Kieffer | J. H. Tenney

First page of Shining Pearls

Shining Pearls (1868)

Knowles Shaw

First page of Singet dem Herrn

Singet dem Herrn (1909)

Deutschen Evangelischen Synode von Nord-Amerika

First page of Singing for Joy

Singing for Joy (1902)

A. J. Showalter | J. D. Patton | R. H. Cornelius

First page of Singing on the Way

Singing on the Way (1882)

Belle M. Jewett | J. P. Holbrook

First page of Song and Study

Song and Study (1912)

Bertha F. Vella

First page of Songs and Solos

Songs and Solos

Milton K. Light

First page of Songs for Service in Church and Home

Songs for Service in Church and Home (1905)

Chas. P. Whitford

First page of Songs for Soul-winning

Songs for Soul-winning (1924)

J. E. Sturgis

First page of Songs for the New Life

Songs for the New Life (1869)

Darius E. Jones

First page of Songs for the Sabbath School and Vestry

Songs for the Sabbath School and Vestry (1859)

B. W. Williams

First page of Songs of Evangelism

Songs of Evangelism (1911)

H. R. Christie

First page of Songs of Free Grace

Songs of Free Grace (1883)

D. B. Towner

First page of Songs of Full Salvation

Songs of Full Salvation (1920)

Haldor Lillenas

First page of Songs of Glory No. 2

Songs of Glory No. 2 (1887)

Jas. H. Fillmore

First page of Songs of Gratitude

Songs of Gratitude (1877)

Jas. H. Fillmore

First page of Songs of Gratitude

Songs of Gratitude (1887)

Jas. H. Fillmore

First page of Songs of Mounting Up No. 2

Songs of Mounting Up No. 2 (1915)

J. M. Harris | R. E. McNeill | M. G. Standley

First page of Songs of Power

Songs of Power (1914)

L. C. Hall | Thoro Harris

First page of Songs of Praise

Songs of Praise (1867)

E. T. Baird

First page of Songs of Redeeming Love

Songs of Redeeming Love (1882)

Jno. R. Sweney | T. C. O'Kane | C. C. McCabe | W. J. Kirkpatrick

First page of Songs of Redeeming Love No. 2

Songs of Redeeming Love No. 2 (1887)

Jno. R. Sweney | T. C. O'Kane | C. C. McCabe | W. J. Kirkpatrick

First page of Songs of Rejoicing

Songs of Rejoicing (1888)

Fred A. Fillmore

First page of Songs of the Covenant

Songs of the Covenant (1892)

C. C. Converse

First page of Songs of the Kingdom

Songs of the Kingdom (1882)

Isaiah Baltzell | Edmund S. Lorenz

First page of Songs of the Morning

Songs of the Morning (1889)

I. Baltzell | E. S. Lorenz