Gospel Choirs

Although the Fisk Jubilee Singers toured internationally as an eleven-member group in the late nineteenth century, they, along with many other college-affiliated vocal groups, had reduced their numbers by the early 1900s to become one of several sacred quartets in the United States. The newly founded National Baptist Convention played a highly significant role in the ongoing formation of larger vocal ensembles dedicated to musical articulation of the gospel message. By 1916, composer and educator...