|
|
Article: "An inestimable blessing": the American gospel invasion of 1873.(Jubilee Singers and Dwight Moody-Ira Sankey in Great Britain)
- Article from:
- ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly)
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 University of Rhode Island. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
The mass of "gospel" hymns which has swept through American churches and well-nigh ruined our sense of song consists largely of debased imitations of Negro melodies made by ears that caught the jingle but not the music, the body but not the soul, of the Jubilee songs.
W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk (1903)
In 1875, as the American evangelist Dwight Moody and his musical partner Ira Sankey were completing their two-year revival mission through Great Britain, they were feted at a farewell dinner hosted by their key patron, the Earl of Shaftesbury. Paying tribute to their exertions over the previous two years, which saw Moody and Sankey conducting ...