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‘Sing a Sankey’: The Rise of Gospel Hymnody in Great Britain
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Description | Saving souls was central to American revivalism, and no one symbolized that better than Dwight Lyman Moody (1837-99), shoe-salesman turned evangelist from Chicago. During the Victorian era, Moody stood without rival on both sides of the Atlantic as the quintessential model of American-style revivalism.2 But Moody's name was rarely invoked alone, as it was invariably linked with that of his song-leader and soloist, Ira David Sankey (1840-1908), ex-tax-collector from Pennsylvania. For with 'Moody and Sankey', spreading the gospel took on an entirely new paradigm that dominated the evangelical religious world for over a century. Book Name: Music and Theology in Nineteenth-Century Britain |
| Related Links | https://api.taylorfrancis.com/content/chapters/edit/download?identifierName=doi&identifierValue=10.4324/9781315596693-14&type=chapterpdf |
| Ending Page | 134 |
| Page Count | 20 |
| Starting Page | 115 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315596693-14 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2016-04-22 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Music and Theology in Nineteenth-century Britain History Leader Pennsylvania Chicago Sankey Gospel Quintessential |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
