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Blue Note (Jazz · Gospel · Blues)
Gospel & Pioneers
- Era
- 1880–present
- Origin
- American South
- Student playlists
- None yet
About this supergenre
African-American sacred music — work songs, spirituals, ring shouts, and the gospel tradition that fed straight into R&B, soul, rock, and pop. The voice as the original instrument; the church as the original rehearsal space.
Canonical reference: musicmap.info / gos
Inside gospel & pioneers · 5 subgenre s on a mini-timeline
Each subgenre at its emergence year, oldest at top. This is what students curate playlists for — the granular level. Click any subgenre chip from the main map and you land on its row here.
- 1880s
- 1890s
- 1900s
- 1910s
- 1920s
- 1930s
- 1940s
- 1950s
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- 2020s
- 2030s
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Work Songs & Spirituals
1880
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Quartet Gospel
1910
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Traditional Black Gospel
1930
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Contemporary Gospel
1968
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Urban Contemporary Gospel
1980
Connective tissue · 3 link s
How gospel & pioneers relates to the rest of the map. Click any genre to follow the line.
Primary lineage
Direct parents and direct children — the main line.
Other influences
Cousin genres and indirect influences that shaped this supergenre.
Student curations
No playlists for gospel & pioneers yet.
This supergenre is waiting for a curator. If you're in MUSA 266 or MUSA 220 and this is your assignment, build a 5–10 track YouTube playlist and submit it through the course form.